All Day Preschool operates twelve months a year and serves children 3-5 years of age.
This ECFE class is non-separating for parents and children birth to age 2.
Half Day Preschool offers options for 3 year olds to attend two mornings or afternoons per week or for 4 & 5 year olds to attend three mornings or afternoons per week.
Village Kids is a school-age childcare program that provides care before and after school and on non-school days for children in grades K-5 attending Wilshire Park Elementary School or who reside in St. Anthony-New Brighton School District.
Summer Village Kids offers care for children who have completed grades K-5.
Our early childhood camps and enrichment classes are specifically for children ages 2-6. However, some of our camps and classes are geared for ages 2-9 so siblings can attend together.
Our preschool summer camps take place at the St. Anthony Community Center In Room #CS 17. There is access to a gym, playground, and open natural space. We have activities planned for all types of weather, inside and outside. Your child will be entertained in a great environment with quality staff and program materials. Children do NOT need to be potty trained to attend.
The camps are designed with your busy child in mind. Daily activities will include, but are not limited to games, songs, crafts, stories, and movement activities that revolve around the weekly theme. This is a wonderful way for your child(ren) to build new friendships, confidence, socialization skills, creativity, and do all of this while also enjoying the great outdoors.
Mondays-Thursdays 9:00 am-12:00 pm (Bring a bag lunch) In July the Bug Camp and Camping Camp will also have an afternoon offering from 1:00 - 4:00.
Camps take place at St. Anthony Community Services Room CS17-( enter through fenced in playground’s school door)(Except for the Kindergarten camp which will meet at Wilshire Park Elementary School )
June 17-18 & June 20-21 - Flower Fun with Anne-Marie Flower fun! Drop off your child for some fun inside and outside. We will learn about flowers, find flowers in the wild, create art with flowers, and explore how flowers grow.
June 24-27- 4th of July Fun with Anne-Marie Celebrate all things patriotic, eat a red, white, and blue snack each day, make flag inspired art, and maybe even participate in a parade!
July 8-11- Bug Camp with Anne-Marie (also offered in the afternoon 1:00pm-4:00pm) Learn about insects, create art, and search for real insects outside!
July 15-18- Camping Class with Anne-Marie (also offered in the afternoon 1:00pm-4:00pm) Come camp with me! Play in a tent, make a “fire”, create camp themed art, and have all the fun as you would on a camping trip without all of the mosquito bites!
July 22-25- Messy and Muddy with Erika Join us for messy and muddy fun inside the classroom and outside on the playground! There will be messy art projects and sensory play, along with lots of mud and water on the playground!
July 29-August 1- Kindergarten Camp with Erika at Wilshire Park (also offered in the afternoon 1:00pm-4:00pm) Kindergarten is a big step for parents and kids. Kindergarten Camp is designed to introduce students to Wilshire Park and to familiarize themselves with the school and classroom experience without all the swirl of noise and crowds of older kids. This is a great way to meet other children and families of incoming kindergarteners. This camp will take place in a kindergarten classroom.
August 5-6 - Water Play with Anne-Marie ($80) Come and have some fun playing with water, in water, create art with water, and learn about animals that might live in the water!
August 7-8 - State Fair Fun with Anne-Marie ($80) Go to the Minnesota State Fair without the crowds! Eat food on a stick, fair games, play with some “ animals”, and create fair inspired art!
Meet the teachers!
Erika Hudson has worked 12 years teaching half day preschool in St. Anthony. She loves spending time with family and friends being outside and traveling!
Anne-Marie Fischer has been teaching ECFE in St. Anthony since 2010. She lives in Minneapolis with her high school aged children and enjoys spending time outdoors in all seasons hiking, biking, skiing and kayaking.
