ECFE (Early Childhood
Family Education)
Our ECFE program offers several Family Fun Night events during the month where parents and children come and interact together. Some of our most popular events have been Pajama Night at the Library, Pizza and Gym Night, Field Trip to the Fire Station, Scarecrow Night, Dad and Me Building Night, and also our Christmas Party and Egg Hunt. We also offer a Friday morning playgroup twice a month where parents and daycare providers are welcomed to come into the early childhood classroom with their children and interact, make a craft and enjoy circle, story and snack.
Schedule of upcoming
ECFE events:
• Monday, April 23 ~ Dad & Me Building Night – 6 p.m. Kids, with the help from their dads or grandpas (or another good adult friend), will be building a project to take home. Woodworking kits will be available for each child. Dads should bring a hammer and needle-nosed pliers. Fee is $5/child, which includes the cost of supplies. Meet in the school lunchroom.
• Friday playgroup dates (9:30-11 a.m.): April 27 and May 4. On select Friday mornings, parents and daycare providers are invited to come to the early childhood classroom between 9:30 and 11 a.m. for a playgroup. Children and parents can play with the toys and other learning materials available and also make a craft. A light snack will be served and a story will be read at the end of the playtime. The fee for playgroup is $3 child. If you are a daycare provider, ask for a group rate!
Pre–K and preschool classes
We are proud to be a Minnesota Parent Aware Program. We currently offer a Kindergarten Readiness (4/5 year olds) where the students meet either two or three times a week. Our Kindergarten Readiness Programs uses the SRA Imagine It reading series and we also visit the school library once a week.
We also offer a preschool class twice a week in the morning for 3/4 year olds. Registration for the 2018-2019 school year will be offered first to the currently enrolled students and then new students and their families are encouraged to attend an open house/registration night, which will be held on Monday, May 7 between 5-6:30 p.m. in the early childhood classroom. There is a non-refundable registration fee due at the time of registration.
For more information about these programs please check out our school website at www.mabelcanton.k12.mn.us, contact the school office at (507) 493-5423 or the Early Childhood Coordinator Amy Hoscheit at (507) 493-5423 ext 127 or email ahoscheit@mabelcanton.org.