Famil y Education y Childhood Earl MoorheadCommunityEducation 2410 14th Street South ◆ Moorhead, MN 56560 ◆ 284-3400 Vol. 11, Issue 2 ◆ Winter 2011 Teacher Feature: Teresa Haider Teresa Haider has Q: Do you have a favorite age group or topic Q: What is your favorite family activity? been teaching for you like to teach? A: Summer at the lakes, boating and Early Childhood A: It is so much fun to get to know the cooking family meals together. Family Education preschoolers and their families who are and School with me all year. Those four and five-year- Q: What word or phrase best describes your Readiness for more olds are always looking out for me! I check family of origin? than 18 years. every day to see if they bring their smiles A: A large extended family of cousins, During this time she to school. One day a little boy brought me aunts, uncles, but mostly cousins. has watched one to keep (two eyes and a smile were families send their drawn on a small green slip of paper). I Q: If you could give parents one bit of advice oldest children to her for preschool then keep it in my jewelry box! to follow, what would it be? another child and another. We hope she stays A: Talk with your children and listen to to see the next generation off to such a good Another student looked at me on the last what they say — even before they can talk. early start! Here are some things you may or day of preschool and said, “…teacher, Enjoy humor and laughter with them too. may not know about Teacher Teresa. you’re not gonna be there next year in Try to make learning fun. Children are kindergarten, are ya?” Each year when they teachers; parents are teachers. Q: Tell us a bit about your education and/or move on, I miss those kids and their journey to ECFE. families. If I see them in later years, it is A: Licensed in Pre-K Education: Bachelor amazing to see how they have grown and of Science from NDSU in Child changed. Development/Family Science, some post- grad work at MSUM. Military: Leadership With preschool classrooms, I have learned Families from Moorhead, Fargo and Supervisory courses, Emergency so much working in collaboration with and the surrounding area Medical Technician and Medical Services Early Intervention students and teachers. are all welcome to attend Specialist. Collaborative classrooms work so well and our ECFE classes! give all involved an opportunity to see we This must be my 19th year at ECFE. I all have challenges and can teach each teach preschool, parent/child classes and other. coordinate Early Childhood Screening. I have done home visits, Preschool on Q: What is the last book you read (not Look inside for… Wheels and Tall Friends/Small Friends, an counting children’s books!)? 2-4 Winter Separating Parent/ interactive program taking preschoolers to A: I read a lot for my job, but I like to try Child Classes spend time with assisted/independent to keep up on new developments in the 4-5 Fall Non-Separating living elderly. field of human behavior and mental Parent/Child Classes health. For example: “Living Through the 6 Early Childhood Screening I also teach for the Parent Resource Center Meantime” by Iyanla Vanzant. of Cass County Extension Services and School Census managed a pilot program for NDSU in the I like to read “Tuesdays with Morrie” by School Readiness List Fargo Schools called Early Risers that Mitch Albom, again, every so often. 8 Class Calendar focused on teaching social emotional skills. ECFE Mission: to strengthen families and support parents in providing the best possible environment for the healthy growth and development of their children. REGIST R ATION BEGINS JANUA R Y 3 AT 9 A.M. A Community Education program of the Moorhead Schools • https://communityed.moorhead.k12.mn.us REGIST R ATION BEGINS JANUA R Y 3 AT 9 A.M. Parent Child Classes What is Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE)? It’s a program for every family with young children birth to kindergarten entry, offered by the Moorhead School District. ECFE offers a wide variety of classes and services to families. The current offerings are listed here. Put on your play clothes, call your friends, and sign up now to begin building skills and making memories. Super Sibling Child Care Sibling care is available to the birth to 6-year-old brothers and sisters of the child enrolled in many of our classes. You’ll find sibling care listed below the class descriptions in this catalog. Our caregiver Janeen has more than 20 years of care experience with infants through preschoolers. Sign up early so she can plan activities especially designed for your child’s age and stage of development. Separating Parent- EPC110A - Nancy & Ruth, 9 School Skills Mondays, 1/24-3/28 (no class 2/21), (3 years to kindergarten entry) Child Classes 9-11 a.m., Probstfield, $72 ($63) The general format is the same for all Is your child transitioning to preschool EPC110B - Nancy & Sally, 9 or kindergarten? Learn school separating classes. Parents and Wednesdays, 1/26-3/30 (no class 3/16), children spend the first hour readiness skills with us. We’ll focus on 9-11 a.m., Probstfield, $72 ($63) building social, emotional and listening together working at all of the activities EPC110C - Teresa & Anna, 9 Fridays, the teacher and room provides. A skills, as well as pre-writing and pre- 1/28-4/1 (no class 3/18), 8:45-10:45 a.m., literacy skills. special learning time called “circle Probstfield, $72 ($63) time” may consist of music, finger EPC187A - Rachel & Ruth, 5 EPC110D - Nancy & Ruth, 9 Fridays, Wednesdays, 1/26-2/23, 5:30-7:30 p.m., plays, movement activities, a book, 1/28-4/1 (no class 3/18), 9:15-11:15 a.m., flannel board stories, puppets, and Probstfield, $40 ($35) Probstfield, $72 ($63) EPC187B - Rachel & Ruth, 4 anything else our teachers can dream EPC110E - Janeen & Bette, 9 Fridays, up! The second hour parents discuss Wednesdays, 3/2-3/30 (no class 3/16), 1/28-4/1 (no class 3/18), 9:30-11:30 a.m., 5:30-7:30 p.m., Probstfield, $32 ($28) topics of interest with each other Probstfield, $72 ($63) and a licensed parent educator. Children enjoy play time and gym time Thinking Threes with a licensed early childhood (36-48 months/toilets independently) educator. This class is uniquely designed with the needs of three-year-olds in mind. Family Fun Mondays each week are run like a (Birth to kindergarten entry) typical ECFE class with parents and Bring us your children engaged in activities and play moms, your dads, for half of the class. Parents separate to your grandparents, a nearby room to discuss development your infants, and issues relevant to parenting a Monday Fun-day toddlers and three-year-old. Wednesday mornings preschoolers! We each week are for the children only. (Birth to kindergarten entry) will enjoy our time together in theme- This is a collaborative venture with Start your week out with Monday Fun- related activities, play and learning. Early Intervention Services. Children day, featuring puppets, flannel board Young children learn best by exploring working on special areas of stories and toys for you to make and materials firsthand. development will participate with take with you. Continue the fun and typically developing peers. Fee is per learning at home, all week long. Family Fun Enrollments Limited: month. EPC132A - Janeen & Ruth, 8 Because of the extremely high interest EPC300A - Teresa and Sally, Mondays Mondays, 1/24-3/21 (no class 2/21), in attending our Family Fun classes, & Wednesdays, 1/3-5/25, 8:30-10:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m., Probstfield, $64 ($56) each family may take only one Probstfield, $60/month ($50/month) Family Fun class per week. Families ESIB300A - Janeen, Mondays only, interested in attending Family Fun and 1/3-5/23, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Probstfield, additional classes offered within the $20/month same session are welcome to do so. 2 MOO R HEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT R ESIDENTS ’ FEE IS LISTED IN PA R ENTHESES . Ones and Twos saturation and things you find in the Skill Building for School (12 to 36 months) earth. We’ll see how worms aerate soil, (3 years to kindergarten entry) Explore and play during the parent/ look at which bugs live there too, and Learn skills needed for transitioning to child interaction time. Then help your explore many other cool and somewhat preschool or kindergarten. Includes child make a gradual transition to creepy facts about dirt. social/emotional concepts from the separating. We will not separate the EPC91A - Amie & Sally, Saturday, “Learning To Get Along” book series. first few weeks, but during informal 3/12, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Probstfield, $8 ($7) We will also work on enjoyable pre- discussion children can explore the reading and pre-writing activities. room and toys. Eventually, parents may Secret Garden EPC98A - Teresa & Ruth, 5 move to another room to discuss (Birth to kindergarten entry) Wednesdays, 1/26-2/23, 9-11 a.m., parenting issues. Our young gardeners will be growing Probstfield, $40 ($35) EPC183A - Anna & Shanna, 9 different kinds of seed, learning how a ESIB98A - Janeen, 5 Wednesdays, Mondays, 1/24-3/28 (no class 2/21), seed grows, and discovering the parts 1/26-2/23, 9-11 a.m., Probstfield, $25 9:15-11:15 a.m., Probstfield, $72 ($63) of a plant with stories and hands-on EPC98B - Teresa & Ruth, 4 ESIB183A - Janeen, 9 Mondays, 1/24- activities.