New Prague Area Community Education

Come on out and play at the farm, Cedar Lake Farm. You can fish with your family off the dock, make pine cone bird feeders, go on a listening walk and scavenger hunt, and get messy in nature with sensory boxes. We will end the morning with a story and a song.

Parent Resource Bag Library Want to start potty training, but aren’t sure where to start? Struggling with getting your child to go to bed or stay in bed? Worried about your child’s eating habits and nutrition? Concerns with separation or language development? We have just the resource for you!! Thanks to a generous gift from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, we are able to provide resource bags full of great information to support parents and childcare providers. Each bag can be checked out for up to three weeks at no cost. The following is a list of 13 different resource bags available for check out starting September 4, 2023. 1. Potty Training 2. Sleep 3. Sibling Relationships 4. Healthy Separation & Separation Anxiety 5. Teaching and Supporting Emotions and Feelings 6. Nutrition and Family Mealtimes 7. Language & Literacy Development 8. Tantrums & Challenging Behaviors 9. Boundaries & Setting Limits 10. Play Ideas + Importance of Play 11. Teaching Identity & Inclusivity (Celebrating Diversity & Special Needs) 12. Divorce, Co-parenting, Single parenting, Blended Families Please contact Krystal Erickson at 952-758-1754 or krerickson@isd721.org to request a Parent Resource Bag.