Forest Lake Area Schools Community Education

You and your infant, up to 8 months, are invited to join us for a Baby Shower. We’ll play with simple homemade toys, sing songs, experience movement games and explore our special infant environments. Meet other new parents as you learn all that ECFE has to offer your family. Take home a packet of resources and gifts after a healthy snack. 

Sellers:Start clearing out those closets and toy shelves for the 14th Annual ECFE Children’s Garage Sale. Reserve your space today. Spaces are 8 x 8 feet and are available to rent for $20 each. A $25 clean up deposit is included in the fee below. Space is limited. This deposit is refunded after the event via your credit card. Call (651) 982-8300 if you need more information. Tables will not be available for use, please provide your own tables.Buyers:The sale will include child and infant clothing, toys, books, baby equipment and maternity clothes. Admission is $1.

Take the bus to Como Zoo! We will “grow” into frogs, read a frog story, try our hand at jumping, eating and moving like frogs. We will meet a few unique frogs at the zoo! Time is allowed to explore the rest of the zoo. Check-in starts at the Central Learning Center, door 15 at 9:00am. Bus leaves at 9:15 a.m. and returns approximately 12:30 p.m. Bring a snack. This is a parent-child field trip. Fee is $10 per child. Limited enrollment.

Get ready to get messy! Come explore an assortment of art materials with your child. A variety of art mediums will be set up for you and your children to explore as we create art through play.

Bring your grandparents, or special older friend, for a delightful time of holiday sharing. We'll make a Thanksgiving decoration to take home and discover the fun of turkeys, feathers and the fall harvest.

Join us for night of fun at Glazing Memories Art Studio in Forest Lake! Cost covers a choice of a wide variety of small figurines, animals, and smaller plaques to paint on with an assortment of colored glazes. Leave your pottery piece behind to be fired in the kiln and return for your masterpiece in couple weeks.  Glazing Memories  341 12th St SW Suite 200  Forest Lake, MN 55025

Bring the whole family along for a walk down memory lane.  We'll string popcorn for the birds, make a pine cone tree, sing favorite songs and share in the joy of the simple play.  We will also prepare and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate with your little ones before heading home.

Do you want to learn how to support your child’s social-emotional development? Forest Lake Early Childhood Programs uses a model called the Pyramid Model to positively promote social-emotional skills to early childhood students. In Pyramid Model 101, you will learn about the main components of the Pyramid Model that are used in all of the ECFE and Little Rangers Preschool classes. You will also learn how to use the Pyramid Model at home to guide your child’s social-emotional development.  Free Sibling Care is available for children ages one to five, please indicate at time of registration.

Join our knowledgeable staff in a make and take workshop. You will create a visual schedule that is tailored to your family's needs and learn how to use it in your home. You will be contacted one week prior to class to determine what visuals best suit your needs. Free Sibling Care is available for children ages one to five, please indicate at time of registration.

Discover STEM activities in our Lino Lakes Elementary Little Rangers Preschool classroom as we explore science, technology, engineering and math.

Join us on a field trip to Stages Theater in Hopkins, Minnesota. “She came to the biggest igloo she’d ever seen. ‘Who lives here?’ she wondered, and she went inside.” Ride along with us this winter through the magnificent Arctic landscape of award-winning author Jan Brett’s delightful twist on the Goldilocks tale. A search for her missing sled dogs leads Aloo-ki to an igloo she can’t resist exploring. While she is making herself at home, the Three Snow Bears are out walking, waiting for their breakfast to cool off. An endearing snow bear family and a curious Inuit girl meet center stage in our world premiere musical adaptation of the picture book by the best-selling author/illustrator of The Mitten and Hedgie’s Surprise.  Everyone must have a ticket, including infants. Please arrive at the Central Learning Center, door 15, by 8:45am to check in and board the bus to Hopkins. We will arrive back around 12pm. 

Join us for an hour of Valentine fun at the Central Learning Center. There will be stories, songs, games and art projects. Make a special card or two for your favorite valentine.