Visit Education Minnesota at the State Fair

Celebrate education and kick off the 2008-09 school year with Education Minnesota at the Minnesota State Fair. Education Minnesota’s booth, located in the Education building, will be filled with musical instruments, costumes, art and crafts on various days of the fair, plus our popular photo calendars every day.

The booth is located at the entrance to the Education Building near the Snelling Avenue fairground entrance. The building is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day.

A different group of educators will be featured at the booth most days, sharing the best of their fields, running activities and handing out information and prizes.

Groups working at the fair and special events include the following:

Aug. 21: Family and Consumer Science Education
Aug. 22: Art Educators of Minnesota
Aug. 23: Minnesota Music Educators
Aug. 24: Minnesota Reading Association
Aug. 25: Education Minnesota officers storytime
Aug. 26: Teacher of the Year program
Aug. 27: Educational Support Professionals Day
Aug. 28: School Nurses of Minnesota
Aug. 29: Minnesota Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Aug. 30: Read Across America Day
Aug. 31: Minnesota Science Teachers Association
Sept. 1: TBA
Stop by the booth throughout the fair for a free, personalized Education Minnesota photo calendar and talk with Education Minnesota members about the upcoming school year.