Family Resources & Education
Parent-Child Classes
Enjoy new songs, games and activities with your child. Meet other parents and children in your community. Learn how to support your child's amazing development. Families can join at anytime if space is available.
Parent-child classes offer:
- A place to learn more about being a parent.
- A chance to get to know other parents in your community.
- A time for your child to learn and play with other children.
Cost: Varies, tuition assistance is available
Fall 2022 Schedule of Classes, Tuition Grant, And Application Form
Classes
Class Fee: $20.00
Lab Fee: $5.00
Meet other parents and babies in your community. Class addresses family interaction
in the important first months. Learn how to support your baby's amazing development
and meet the challenges of life with a baby. Meets for two hours, one day a week,
for ten weeks. In Albany, Corvallis, Philomath and Newport.
Class Fee: $25.00
Lab Fee: $5.00
For parents and their beginning walkers, 9-18 months old. Participate with your "wobbler"
in songs and games, meet other parents in the community, and discuss the latest ideas
about how to support the expanding growth of your child's first year. Parents with
babies this age may also take the Live and Learn with Baby class. If your baby is
a competent walker, sign-up for Live and Learn with your Toddler in Albany, Corvallis
or Philomath. Live and Learn with your Wobbler meets for 2 hours one day a week, for
nine weeks. Families can join at anytime if space is available.
Class Fee: $69.00
Lab Fee: $5.00
Join other parents and toddlers (walking to age 2) in your community for stories,
music, painting, playdough and more. Help your child gain confidence all while building
a community of support and lifelong friends for you and your child. Learn fun and
easy ways to support your child's development and discuss the challenges of parenting.
Meets one day a week, for ten weeks. In Albany, Corvallis and Philomath.
Class Fee: $69.00
Lab Fee: $5.00
Join other parents and their 2-year-olds in play, songs and movement! Two-year-olds
and their parents participate in age appropriate activities and learn how music and
movement can benefit children's development. Parents discuss parenting topics in class
and attend two evening parent only nights to extend parent education topics. Meets
one day a week, for ten weeks, plus two evening seminars (Corvallis location only)to
extend parenting discussions. In Corvallis and Albany.
Class Fee: $79.00
For two hours a week parents/caregivers and their 2-1/2 to 5 year olds become immersed
in activities designed to build on children's natural sense of wonder and desire to
explore. Participants will measure, build, experiment, problem-solve and discover
the world together. In Albany.
Class Fee: $69.00
Lab Fee: $10.00
For two hours, one day a week, parents and their 2-1/2 to 5-year olds paint, glue,
pretend, sing and play. In two evening sessions, the parents and teacher plan activities
that support the children's creative development. Class runs for ten weeks. In Corvallis.
Class Fee: $69.00
Lab Fee: $5.00
Interested in raising a child who will thrive and become a force for good in the world?
In this 10-week class parents/caregivers and their 4 and 5 year-olds will participate
in activities that help children develop resilience and build their kindness skills.
Through the use of books, puppets, games, and activities you will learn to teach and
encourage compassion, generosity, and a healthy sense. In addition to the parent-child
classroom time, there will be three parent-only conversations to dive a little deeper
into the concepts presented in the parent-child classroom.
