Early Childhood

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Captivate your child's curiosity!

Hopkins Preschool offers an inclusive school community
where empathy, kindness, confidence, and collaboration are encouraged.

 

Register for Hopkins Preschool

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Join us for Parent-Child classes at ECFE!

Support for parents and early learning experiences
for your young child — ages newborn to 5 years.

 

Register for Hopkins ECFE

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Schedule your child's screening for kindergarten!

Early childhood screenings are a quick, simple check
of how your child is growing and developing.
Screenings are recommended before starting kindergarten.

Schedule an early childhood screening

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ECFE classes are year-round!

You are welcome to join Hopkins ECFE classes anytime,
even if classes have already started.
Join the fun and learning!

Register today

We're here to support your parenting journey and inspire your child's early learning exploration from birth to age 5.

Welcome to Harley Hopkins Family Center

Harley Hopkins Family Center is the main office and the hub of our Early Childhood Programs. Within the Harley building, you can access many services and resources available to you such as:

  • Early Childhood Screenings
  • Early Intervention (EI) programs
  • Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) services
  • Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) parent-child classes, parent workshops, activities and events for families
  • Hopkins Preschool programs: Full-day, half-day, Spanish immersion, and summer preschool both onsite at Harley and in each of our elementary schools.

We are here to serve families with children from birth to age 5 through supporting your parenting, inspiring your child's early learning experiences,  providing space and place for you to make connections with other families, parenting information from licensed parent educators, and much more. Programs are held online and in person with your health and safety as our priority. 

We can't wait to meet your family!

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Harley Hopkins Family Center
125 Monroe Ave. S. Hopkins, MN, 55343

Sara Chovan, Assistant Director Early Childhood Programs
Sara.Chovan@HopkinsSchools.org, or 952-988-5003.

Preschool information for Summer 2024 and School Year 2024-2025 will be available in January 2024.

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