After school programs for youth at Minneapolis Public Schools locations
Promoting families healthy growth and development through education, support and community building.
Minneapolis Kids provides year-round, fee-based, school-age childcare for families with youth enrolled in High Five/Minneapolis Kids Jr through 5th grade during the school year (entering grades K-7 during the summer).
Teen Parent Services is dedicated to keeping teen parents on the track to graduation by providing them with parenting education and supports while providing high-quality early childhood education services to their children.
Adult Enrichment Academics
Adult Enrichment Health, Wellness & Safety
Adult Enrichment Writing
Adult Enrichment Yoga & Mind-Body Practices
Adult Aquatics
See the best of our Minneapolis outdoor athletic facilities as we offer summer sports camps for youth. Young athletes will get a taste of a high school field experience. Don’t miss it as it comes through your neighborhood.
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An opportunity to provide a culturally and linguistically specific ECFE experience to families from Afghanistan.
Spend quality time with your child learning and playing together. Parent discussion will examine topics through the lens of fatherhood. Explore the joys and challenges of being a dad.
An opportunity to provide a culturally and linguistically specific ECFE experience to families from India.
Here's your chance to spend some uninterrupted time together participating in toddler-friendly activities that support growth and development.
Give the gift of learning. Gift vouchers can be purchased in a variety of denominations and can be used for most Community Education Youth & Adult Enrichment classes. Some restrictions apply.
Learn to use a sewing machine to complete an easy garment. In the first session, we will cover sewing machine basics and how to measure correctly. Everyone will leave with a full set of measurements. In the second session, students will bring the pattern and materials needed to complete the project, and we will learn how to read the pattern and layout the pattern pieces to cut. The third session will be construction and troubleshooting.
PLEASE BRING THESE SUPPLIES TO CLASS:
Sewing Machine
Simplicity Pattern 8179 (We have found since Joann fabrics closed this pattern has been difficult to find so the instructor will have this pattern on the first day of class for purchase for $5 cash or Venmo)
Fabric and notions to complete the pattern
One or two fabrics, thread, elastic
Basic sewing tools
Fabric scissors
Pins
Seam ripper
Pencil
Session 1:
Sewing machine basics
Threading your machine
Filling and inserting the bobbin
Types of feet
Stitch length/tension/selection
How to Measure
We will leave with a full list of measurements for each student
Session 2:
Pattern basics
How to read the packet and the instructions
Cutting the pattern pieces from the paper
Pinning and cutting the pattern pieces from the fabric
Session 3:
Assembling and fitting your garment
Jennifer Walker
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