Big Lake Schools Community Education

Come enjoy circle time: We will sing songs We will do movement activities We will read a different children’s book each month Then we will expand on that book by offering activities and games for parents and children to do together! Non Separating Class Teacher: Molly Ripp

This class provides a great opportunity for grandparents (or grand friends) to interact with their young learner and meet other grandparents in their community. Teachers will set up the classroom with intentional games and activities to be enjoyed by all ages. Teacher: Heather Kittridge

Come and explore our early childhood classroom! Let's play blocks, sift in the sensory table, paint at the art easel and roll out playdough. Leave the mess to us! Simply choose the days that work for you and your family and pay as you attend. You will need to enroll your child(ren) individually for each date you would like to attend.

Just what your little explorers need!!! Join ECFE staff for a fun filled morning of experiments, building, art projects and more!!! Preregistration is required! Teacher: EC Staff

Calling all Caregivers!!! FREE!! Super Saturday Training just for you!! A light breakfast will be provided and two interactive Developed approved trainings presented by Hollee Saville: Busy Boxes” (KCF: II.C, CDA: 3) Encourage children’s love for learning with busy boxes! Whether you call them busy boxes, busy bags, quiet bins, or tinker trays, these open-ended, independent, educational, and engaging small activities make a big impact on children’s learning. They foster children’s self-regulation, independence, focus, problem-solving abilities, and social and language skills. Children utilize creativity, literacy, hand-eye coordination, science and math exploration, and more. They are perfect quiet activities to use during nap time—creating a fun routine—or during transitions. Through this hands-on training with tons of simple and inexpensive activity ideas, you’ll leave inspired to make many of your own. *This two-hour training meets the annual family child care behavior guidance training requirement.* “Boom! Splash! Fizz! Science Made Fun” (KCF: II.B, CDA: 2) Give your little scientists opportunities to build their natural curiosity and love for learning! Explore ways to help children question, hypothesize, test, observe, and discover through fun and inexpensive science activities. Experiment with explosions, fizzy fun, pulleys, lights, electricity, ramps, frozen materials, bubbles, goop, density, soap, chemical reactions, water, color mixing, and more in this hands-on class. You’ll leave eager to channel your inner Mrs. Frizzle and encourage children to “take chances, make mistakes, and get messy.”