St. Michael-Albertville Community Education

Amazing Tropical AnimalsGrades 1-4Grab your friends and jump in with KidzArt as we explore some amazing animals who live in the tropics and rainforests. Create a mixed media collage of a jaguar drinking from a river at night, draw a Toucan and Tree Frog surrounded by lush forest trees and use colored pencils to shade a Squirrel Monkey. We will use different paper surfaces, paint and even clay in the adventurous art class.KidzArt

Cat’s Kids YogaGrades 1-4Children will discover their mind, body, and heart connection to learn how to cope with the ups and downs in life. Developing these skills at a young age helps children become more balanced, centered, and aligned with their true self. Classes are structured to help children learn how to take healthy deep breaths, explore how their body can move, learn about their strengths and challenges, and gain respect for individuality and togetherness. Breathing exercises, yoga poses/flows, fun games, stories with life lessons, music, and more mindful activities make up these classes.Catherine Brenny, Cat’s Kids Yoga

Christmas Cookie DecoratingKindergartenWho’s ready for Christmas cookies? Come and decorate some cookies for Christmas with your friends, share with your family or save for Santa!Marlene King

Crochet ClubGrades 3-8Want to learn to crochet? Come learn the basics with crochet teacher and designer Abbey Swanson of The Firefly Hook. Two choices will be available: a beginner-friendly beanie and a beanie for those wishing to grow their crochet skills. We will finish off the hat of your choice with a faux fur pom. Both hats are made with bulky yarn and a big hook – you’ll be surprised how quickly your project works up. Come have fun and leave with a hat on your head! No experience necessary. All supplies included. (1 faux fur pom per person, additional poms will be available for purchase for $5 each.)Abbey Swanson, The Firefly Hook

Crochet Story TimeGrades K-2Students will get an introduction to crochet, weaving and knitting while we read books such as Weaving the Rainbow, Annie and the Swiss Cheese Scarf and Noodle’s Knitting and learn how to crochet chains! We will create a scarf for your child to wear with the chains we make in class. Students will go home with a hook and yarn to keep practicing their newfound skill! No experience necessary. All supplies included!Abbey Swanson, The Firefly Hook

Engineering for Kids – Stem ClubGrades 1-3Stem Club introduces students to a new, hands-on, lesson every week from various engineering disciplines. Each lesson, students focus on developing skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and peer collaboration. This session will have you investigating Flub, the world of rocketry & aerodynamics, constructing an egg drop and designing a greenhouse!Engineering for Kids

Engineering: Crazy Gears & WheelsGrades K-3If you love Legos, making things move, building and experimenting – this class is for you. Learn about engineering and the physical science principles behind different action machines. Working in teams, students will build crazy wheeled and geared contraptions that spring into action. Have fun while you learn the principles of mechanical engineering and simple machines. Make tops, spinners, zip lines, rubber band powered cars, crimping cars, and other crazy contraptions. Please bring a drink & snack.Computer Explorers

FencingGrades 2-8New and returning students invited! Join this fast growing Olympic sport. Each {YEL!} fencing class follows four basic components: •Teach It! Hall of Fame Olympic Fencing Coach Ro Sobalvarro crafts our lessons and curriculum. •Practice It! Students pair up and practice the fencing move or concept, rotate partners and repeat. •Move It! Students then participate in fencing matches using only the moves taught so far. •Play It! 10-15 minutes each class students fence with multiple fencers at their skill level. All equipment provided. Sign up today to THINK, LEARN and PLAY WELL with {YEL!}.Youth Enrichment League

Fun Fall Art with Mrs. BaumanCome and spend some extra time in the art room with Mrs. Bauman as we paint some fun fall things! Bring a paint shirt as we will definitely be making a mess! Class size is limited, register early!

Game Coding: Mario FroggerGrades 3-7New Class! Create & Share by creating an interactive 2D video games. Using MIT's award-winning Scratch, to teach principles of object-oriented programming. Scratch is a powerful yet simple block-based language. We will re-create a classic Frogger game using popular Nintendo Characters. Please bring a drink & snack. Computer Explorers

Games & BingoKindergartenDo you like to play games? Come and make some new friends and play some new and old games. We will end each class with a few games of BINGO!Marlene King

Grandmasters of ChessGrades 1-4New and returning students are invited. Each {YEL!} Chess class follows four basic components: •Teach It! Each class students are taught different chess concepts and coached to implement those concepts into their chess games. •Practice It! Students practice positions set by the coach to improve their understanding of the concept. •Puzzle It! Students are given chess puzzles and work with coach guidance to solve them. •Play It! Each class ends with students playing 20-30 minutes of chess. Coaches often feature in-class tournaments during the session. Class fee includes ChessKid.comYouth Enrichment League

Great Chemistry ReactionsGrades 1-4Join Science Explorers as we discover the fascinating world of chemistry! You will experiment with mixtures that are sloppy, slimy, foamy and more while investigating the difference between chemical and physical reactions. Please dress for a mess in our fun, “hands-in” STEM class.Science Explorers

Holiday CraftKindergartenCome for one or come for all as we create a fun craft to line up with the holiday or season!Marlene King

Holiday Gift MakingGrades 1-4Get a jump start on your holiday present list! In this class your child will make 3 adorable gifts that make perfect holiday presents for loved ones. All materials supplied and gifts go home giftwrapped.Abrakadoodle

Holiday Ornament MakingGrades 1-4At this creative and festive class we’ll make up three ornaments for your tree! You’ll make a reindeer, a snowman and an icicle. The ornaments become great homemade keepsakes to give as gifts or for your tree! Dress for a mess and bring a peanut-free snack.Christina Ehlers

Karate for ChildrenGrades 1-4Learn respect, discipline and patience while gaining basic self-defense skills. Karate emphasizes stretching, strength and balance that benefits students in other physical activities. Includes uniform, patch and tattoo.Dojo Karate

Letters to SantaKindergartenDo you know what you want for Christmas? Write a letter to Santa with your wish list ready to go. When you are finished you can decorate your very own cookie plate to use for Santa or yourself.*Please send your child’s address if you would like them to receive a letter from SantaMarlene King

Lever DevelopersGrades K-4STEM Enrichment using LEGO® bricks for the 21st Century learner. Each {YEL!} STEM class follows four basic components. •Teach It! Each class students are taught the basic STEM engineering concepts behind each project. •Build It! Students use LEGO® bricks to build a dragster, balancing beam and design their own catapult. •Explore It! Then they use that project to explore the basic engineering concepts - this session is focused on levers concepts. •Play It! Finally they play with their project, modify it, create extensions and have fun working with it. Sign up today to THINK, LEARN and PLAY WELL with {YEL!}. LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site or program.Youth Enrichment League

Make & Take: Mini Holiday TreeGrades 1-4At this class you’ll work on trimming and decorating your very own artificial mini tree. Ribbons, jewels, garland, and small ornaments will be available for you to decorate your tree with. Keep the tree for yourself or give as a gift to someone special!Christina Ehlers

Mindprint Learning AssesmentGrades 2-12Do you want to help your child succeed? How does my child process and remember new information? Why does she get such good grades yet bomb standardized tests? How can he do better in school? 21st century parents, students and teachers are drowning in data and yet still lack the data to help every student to succeed. Mindprint is an affordable evidence-based online solution that identifies each student’s learning strengths and challenges. The objective is to gain an understanding of each student's non-academic strengths and needs in areas like executive functions, memory, processing, and reasoning. These skills are the foundation for learning across all academic subjects. Based on the results, each student is provided an individualized learning plan for study skills and subject-specific achievement. Additional information: -The at home online assessment takes about an hour-Results are provided within one week to parents-Parents will receive a written report and a follow-up online meeting with a Mindprint specialist at Academic All Star Tutoring- More information at http://academicallstartutoring.com/what-is-mindprint/Molly Perry, Academic All Star Tutoring

Polar Express: Winter Art AdventuresGrades 1-4Grab your friends and jump on the KidzArt express train to all things winter and art! In this special three-week session we will draw a polar bear and ice fisher in the deep artic with markers and chalk, create a mixed media nutcracker drawing with decorative paper details and sculpt a penguin on top an iceberg with clay.KidzArt

Robotics & STEM – Marine Exploration!Grades 1-3Oceans are the next frontier, filled with amazing sea creatures and treasures. In this class kids explore buoyancy as they build boats, build a contraption to recover lost submarines, engineer a self-propelled boat and engineer a robotic boat.Tech Tac Toe