Willmar Community Education

Creepy, crawly, and crucial: insects are among the most abundant ... and necessary ... critters on earth. Join Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center staff to investigate the importance of insects, learn about their roles in ecosystems, and search for insects. Please dress for an outdoor experience!

This course follows the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Babysitter Lessons And Safety Training (BLAST). Students learn current practices for safety and injury prevention, first aid basics, feeding and caring for infants, how to handle behavior problems, and how to manage their babysitting businesses. Future babysitters receive a reference book, game handouts, babysitting bag, and first aid kit. Please bring a bag lunch and any snacks you may want during the day.

This summer’s Spotlight Theatre classes will feature a mini theatre festival! Student performers will work on their acting skills while putting together a fully staged musical all in one week. Actors will perform with live music and costumes on The Barn Theatre stage on Friday, July 16, at 6 PM and on Saturday, July 17, at 10 AM. Tickets for performances will be open to the community. Participants will have the opportunity to perform outside for the community the following week. More details to follow in class. The Little Mermaid: A New Musical, Grades 1-9 This summer’s theatre intensive involves mermaids, pirates, princes, sea creatures, and more! If you love to sing, move, and act then this is your chance to be onstage at The Barn Theatre in Willmar. This will be the world premiere of our community’s adaptation of the classic tale by Hans Christian Anderson! *Cost is kept lower thanks to generous funds from United Way of West Central Minnesota, Southwest initiative Foundation, Kandi COOP Vision 2040, and Willmar Area Arts Council. Please contact Nikki Erickson at nberickson22@gmail.com for scholarship information.