Hopkins Community Education

1-2's: Join our skilled team of licensed Children's Teachers, licensed Parent Educators, and Assistants for a class full of fun play-based learning. Listen to all the giggles as you and your toddler enjoy creative activities, sing songs, play with toys, explore new art forms, and more! 1-2's are in-person. ****** NOTE******** - Monday evening class is for ages 1-2.5 years-old. If your child is more than 2.5 years old, you will want to register for the Monday Night Multi-age class for children between 2.5 years old and 5 years old. ECFE class components include parent/child interaction time, parent discussion portion, providing a gradually separating experiences for you and your child, engaging learning activities for children, and an interactive circle for you to take part in together! If you are a family with multiples, please contact our front office (952) 988-5000. Registration is required. Is this your first ECFE experience? Please contact us to hear about our free Welcome Packet and Virtual or In-person HUG Visit. Please contact (952) 988-5000 or send email to ECFE@hopkinsschools.org COVID Guidelines - Masks are recommended but not required as of 3/28/2022. Sibling care will be offered on a first come first served basis for children between ages 6 months -5 years of age.

Stay and Play Come for your child, and stay for yourself! Take a break from your day to day routine, and come play and learn together in our beautiful classrooms. Each week you will make art, sing songs, play, explore new activities guided by our team of licensed Children's Teachers and Parent Educators. ECFE Stay and Play classes components include parent/child interaction time in the classroom, opportunities to play in our motor room, outside, or gym, an interactive circle for you to take part in together and a place to share in the joys and concerns of parenting. Join our skilled team of licensed Children's Teachers and Assistants for a class full of fun play-based learning. Listen to all the giggles as you and your child enjoy creative activities, sing songs, play with toys, explore new art forms, and more! Stay and Play classes are in-person. ECFE Stay and Play classes are for you to take part in together! Sibling care is not offered for Stay & Plays.

Sing, play, connect and learn more about your growing baby! Join other parents and our ECFE Parent Educators and Early Childhood Teachers as you meet other families and experience how fast your child is growing and changing. Class includes time to have your parenting questions answered, opportunities to play with your child and connections and resources into our wonderful Hopkins community.

If you are a family with multiples, please contact our front office (952) 988-5000. Multi-age Classes! ECFE class components include: These are in-person classes where you can spend time in a classroom, outside, and in the gym with your child. The parent discussion component is structured to be a gradually separating experience for both you and your child. Focusing on the many social and emotional age appropriate developmental skills that 2.5 - 5 year-olds might be experiencing. Children's teachers will provide an engaging STEAM focused activity and interactive circle times. Your child will be exposed to literary skills, art, science, math literacy, social emotional learning, and more! Your class will also have a gradually separating parent discussion. Westwood Class - Multi-age Class Explore nature with us and a friend from Westwood Nature Center! During parent-child time, get up and personal with different creatures from the nature center, learn about habitats, what they eat, and their environment. This is a gradual separation class. You will join our skilled team of licensed Children's Teachers, licensed Parent Educators, and Assistants for a class full of fun play-based learning. Listen to all the giggles as you and your preschooler enjoy creative activities, sing songs, read books, play with toys, explore new art forms, and more! 3-5's classes are in-person. ECFE class components include parent/child interaction time, parent discussion portion, providing gradually separating experiences for you and your child, engaging learning activities for children, and an interactive circle for you to take part in together! 2.5 - 5's Multi-age Class Join our skilled team of licensed Children's Teachers, licensed Parent Educators, and Assistants for a class full of fun play-based learning. Listen to all the giggles as you and your preschooler enjoy creative activities, sing songs, read books, play with toys, explore new art forms, and more! ECFE class components include parent/child interaction time, parent discussion portion, providing a gradually separating experiences for you and your child, engaging learning activities for children, and an interactive circle for you to take part in together! Sibling care will be offered on a first come first served basis for children between ages 6 months -5 years of age.

Come join in a fun exploration of music and movement related to music. We will learn songs, listen to and explore different genres of music, and make music with instruments and our voices! Teacher lead program.

NEW - 2 Day -- ECFE Preschool Readiness Class ! This class focuses on preparing both parent and child for preschool! Tuesday/Thursday 9-11:30am Parents: Tuesday: Parent Discussion & Thursday: Parent drop-off with asynchronous, virtual learning Parents will participate in an extended parent discussion on Tuesdays, and drop-off their children on Thursdays. Parents will connect with a parent-educator and other parents in our asynchronous virtual classroom throughout the week and learn ways to support their preschoolers emotional and educational development. Children: Tuesday - parent/child interaction, child/teacher time & Thursday - Parent drop-off and full 2.5hrs child/teacher time! Children age 3 by Sept. 1st will attend 2-days of ECFE class and experience the schedules, routines and activities of preschool. Students will learn how to separate successfully, increase their independence and create social connection with their peers. Due to class structure and limited spots available, your child must be 3 by September 1st. Sibling Care is offered on a first come first served basis and only on Tuesday for this class. Sibling care is open to children 6 month-5 yrs of age. Children under 6 months are welcome in the classroom with their adult. Are you looking for something else? Here is another class option: ECFE & Westwood Nature Center (Class at Harley Hopkins Family Center) Explore nature with us and a friend from Westwood Nature Center! During parent-child time, get up and personal with different creatures from the nature center, learn about habitats, what they eat, and their environment. This is a gradual separation class. You will join our skilled team of licensed Children's Teachers, licensed Parent Educators, and Assistants for a class full of fun play-based learning. Listen to all the giggles as you and your preschooler enjoy creative activities, sing songs, read books, play with toys, explore new art forms, and more! 3-5's classes are in-person. ECFE & Westwood Nature Center class components include parent/child interaction time, parent discussion portion, providing gradually separating experiences for you and your child, engaging learning activities for children, and an interactive circle for you to take part in together! If you are a family with multiples, please contact our front office (952) 988-5000.

INFANT MASSAGE & PURPOSEFUL PLAY - For infants birth to 6-8 months or pre-crawling. Kara Quist, Pediatric Physical Therapist and Certified Infant Massage Instructor (Therapist for 20+ years & breastfeeding counselor) Benefits of Infant massage and play: *tummy comfort- reflux, gas, and constipation * body awareness *relief of congestion *visual development/ midline skills *sensory system organization *relaxation for baby and parent * reduce the risk of head shape issues * midline head posture for visual development * infant development ideas for play and interaction. Registration Required - Register infants and add up to 2 adults to attend with infants - For infants birth to 6-8 months or pre-crawling. Sibling Care - Children (1 year (or walking) to 5.5 years) - Send email to ECFE@HopkinsSchools.org or call (952) 988-5000