Early Learning Preschool Programs at Central Early Learning Center in St. Louis Park
Summer 2024 Camps for Early Learning
Summer 2024 Early Learning Academy
Early Learning Preschool classes for ages 33 months to 5 years.
We offer Early Childhood Screenings at Central Early Learning Center and Park Nicollet Clinic.
Kids Place provides exceptional child care options for working families. As part of St. Louis Park Public Schools, we share the district’s commitment to provide children a safe, nurturing environment that energizes and enhances the spirit.
Summer School 2023
You can see additional information for all of our Online Certificate Courses here: http://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Slpschools
Screening at Central Early Learning Center
Fall 2024 ECFE Classes
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a program based on the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness involves bringing a fullness of attention to whatever is happening in our lives, as it’s happening, without judgment. The willingness to stop and be present leads to seeing and relating to life with more clarity and directness. Paying attention allows for choosing our responses to life’s situations rather than reacting out of habit or fear. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is for anyone who experiences stress in their life and thinks they might be able to manage it better. And more than that, it offers a way of being present to our lives so that we don't miss out on the beauty and joy that is also there. It is about balancing all our "doing" with a chance to "be" and in the process it can provide a path to more peace, clarity and well being. This well-respected program was developed in 1979 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.
MBSR provides tools to help you take better care of your health and discover a greater sense of peace and wellbeing. It can help your ability to:
And handle more skillfully:
This 8-week class will run 6-9pm on the first and last days and includes an All-Day Retreat on Saturday, May 18th. The program includes: Guided instruction in mindfulness meditation, gentle stretching and yoga, Qi Gong, and large and small group discussions. You will be asked to attend all classes and to practice daily for ~30 minutes. Please include your email address with registration because the instructor will send detailed information to participants prior to first session.
No refunds are given after session starts.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is cosponsored by Park Nicollet. All participants MUST be full vaccinated to participate in this class. Proof of vaccination is required at first class.
Paula Wieckert
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