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, Fieldtrip 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 play group 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 15 ~ Easter Egg Hunt, 6 p.m. (Green Lea Manor, Mabel)
All families with young children are invited to attend a night of Easter fun at Green Lea Manor Nursing Home in Mabel! We will go in search of Easter eggs, play some games and enjoy a snack! The fee for this event is $1/child. Please bring a basket or bag for all your goodies!
•Monday, April 29 ~ 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, May 10 ~ Muffins for Mom/Donuts for Dads, 8:15-9:15 a.m.
Come start you day be having a donut or muffin with your child. Each child and parent will make a craft and enjoy eating together along with exploring the classroom. This is a come and go event. Fee is $5/family
•Friday play group dates (9:30-11 a.m.): April 5 and 19, May 10
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 play group. 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 play group 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 (four- and five-year-olds) where the students meet either two or three times a week. Our kindergarten readiness programs use Big Day for Pre-K and we also visit the school library once a week.
We also offer a preschool class twice a week in the morning for three- and four-year-olds. Registration for the 2019-2020 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 6 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.
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