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EDUCATIONAL CLASSES
Evergreen Park & Recreation District (EPRD) offers many educational classes such as Babysitting, Puppy Training, and Spanish. Whether you are a teenager looking for your first babysitting job, a dog lover learning basic obedience skills, or someone wanting to learn another language, EPRD has several choices for you.
Babysitting Course (11 to 13 Years)
- Helps prepare youth for first baby-sitting opportunities
- Instruction includes:
- Basic infant/child growth and development along with appropriate activities
- CPR and choking procedures
- Fire hazards and escape
- Home and sitter safety
- Minor injury treatment or how to handle an emergency
- Parent and sitter responsibilities
- Routine care such as feeding, bathing, and diapering
- Includes certificate
- Please bring a lunch and snack
- Location: Buchanan Park Recreation Center
Register Online for Babysitting Course
Need a little help with your four-legged friend? Choose from our various classes to teach your puppy or dog basic commands, obedience, loose leash training, and good behavior.
All Classes Held at Wulf Recreation Center
Puppy Basic Class (10 Weeks to 5 Months)- Cancelled
- Fun play and lots of information for you and your young dog
- Teach your puppy to be well-socialized and know 5 basic commands:
- Come
- Down
- Loose leash walking
- Sit
- Stay
- Education about your puppy’s changing needs into maturity, support house-breaking, and work toward acceptable manners for the family pet
- Modern dog training methods such as clicker and treat reward, all positive reinforcement.
Basic Dog Obedience Class (6 Months or Older) - Cancelled
- For the new dog in your home or dogs who did not get to start with a puppy class
- Teaches basic obedience needs and provides a foundation for your family pet
- Dogs learn the commands settle, sit, down, stay, and come.
- We introduce the loose-leash heel and get you and your dog working together as a team
- Modern dog training methods such as clicker and treat reward, all positive reinforcement.
Live, Online via Zoom - Beginner Spanish Class!
In this time of social distancing, try something new and learn another language! The next 8 week session starts in November. Classes are 60 minutes in length.
Come learn and explore another language! Did you know learning a foreign language helps enhance listening skills and memory? It can help advance your career, make you more creative, and allows you to connect to other cultures.
Register Online for Online Spanish Class
Adult Spanish Classes (18 Years or Older)
- Come exercise your brain and body by learning Spanish the fun way!
- We use the latest language learning techniques:
- Total Physical Response (TPR) which uses the entire body to learn words and concepts
- Total Physical Response plus engaging and relevant story telling (TPRS)
- Explore cultures such as Spain, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and other Spanish-speaking countries
- High-engagement, low-stress classes that produce results