Mahtomedi Community Education

Kinderstart is a program for children who are entering kindergarten in the fall of 2024. This program prepares children for kindergarten by focusing on the whole child. Kinderstart is week-long session which includes accelerated literacy and numeracy components (name recognition, writing skills, patterning, letter, and number recognition, one-to-one correspondence and more), self regulation skill development, (wait time, regulating emotions, attention to task), social-emotional identification (impulse control, empathy, initiating interactions), and time for large and small motor activities. Students will also have an opportunity to learn more about the school through building tours, meeting school staff (principal, health services, custodial, nutrition services). Priority placement for program goes to students who meet one or more of the following criteria: Has NO PRIOR preschool experience Is enrolled in Kindergarten with Mahtomedi School District Qualifies for free or reduced lunch (based on family income) Is an English Learner (home language is not English) Is homeless Is identified, through health and developmental screenings, with a potential risk factor that may influence learning Is defined as at risk by Mahtomedi Public Schools Lives in the school’s attendance zone

Join us at neighborhood parks for a Park Playdate! FREE! Children ages 0-5 years old and their parents or caregivers (siblings too!) are welcome to come. An Early Childhood Teacher will be available to play, have a group time with songs and a story, and do a small craft. Children must be accompanied by a caregiver. District Education Center (The DEC) - South Playground: Thursdays, June 13, 20 & 27 Wednesdays, July 31, August 7 & 14 Wedgewood Park: Wednesdays, July 17 & 24

Pack up your kids and join us for 4 weeks of fun exploring the wonders of the natural world surrounding Wildwood Elementary School! All class sessions will be held outdoors, so please come dressed and prepared for the weather. The nature-based ECFE teacher will provide activities that will support your children's growing bodies and brains. Each week a resource for parents and caregivers will be shared related to the benefits the outdoors provides young children. Children must be accompanied by parent/caregiver for class. Instructor: Amanda Moscou ***Children under 18 months may attend with their siblings and parent/ caregiver with the understanding that the child must be supervised by the parent/caregiver during class.