Eden Prairie Community Education

Would you like to be a babysitter? Learn the skills needed to be a responsible caregiver! This Red Cross Babysitter's Training course will provide you with the tools you need. Designed for boys and girls, ages 10-16 this 8 hour course will cover age-specific child care and development, safety, basic first-aid, plus, how to find jobs, communicate with parents and run your own babysitting business! By the end, you will be ready and skilled to be a great child care worker!

Have you ever wanted to decorate a cake like a professional? Do you like competitions? Then you will definitely want to participate in this class! Your youth/adult team of two will brainstorm designs then strategically decorate your team's 2-layer, 8-inch cake. Use colorful bags of icing, decorating metal tips, and other materials to create your masterpiece. Cakes will be judged and prizes awarded! This is a friendly competition where everyone gets to have their cake and eat it too! PLEASE NOTE: All adult/youth pairs welcome; class is not limited to parent/child pairs.

GRANDMASTERS OF CHESS with US Master Nathan Hoover. Nathan’s chess acumen rivals any coach in MN. He is a US Master and has experience teaching chess to hundreds of students who excel at local and state tournaments. A dynamic coach, Nathan strives to engage students of any level at every lesson. Newcomers will be introduced to the basics and returning students will receive lessons, puzzles at their level as well as playing against competitive students each class. Due to the popularity of this class, we are offering two classes at the same time with Nathan Hoover and another instructor. Nathan will teach each class 50% of the time.