CLASS FAQS
When are the classes held?
Classes are held at each center throughout the week.
Do I have to make an appointment?
To reserve your place, contact the center
Iowa: (563)386-3737
Illinois: (309)797-3636
How much do the classes cost?
Everything we do is completely free, so classes are too!
Can I bring my kids?
Due to current Covid-19 restricitions and best practices, children are not permitted in the Center during class time.
Detailed descriptions of classes offered can be found at the bottom of the page.
Healthy Pregnancy
4 classes on how to take care of yourself during pregnancy
Topics covered include:
- First Trimester and Nutrition (HP#1)
- Second Trimester, Hazards, and Exercise (HP #2)
- Third Trimester and Pregnancy Emotions (HP #3)
- Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Care (HP #4)
Baby Basics
4 classes for expectant parents on how to take care of your newborn
Topics covered include:
- Newborn Appearance, Bonding, Emotional Demands, and Coping w/ Stress (BB #1)
- Breastfeeding, Bottle Feeding, and Diapering (BB #2)
- Colic, Crying, and Shaken Baby Syndrome (BB #3)
- Newborn care, Health & Safety – Including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (BB #4)
Be ready for your baby!
Active Parenting
8 classes for parents with infants, toddlers, or preschoolers.
Topics covered include:
- Stages of Development, Behavior Problems, and Play (AP #1)
- Preventing Problems, Brain Development, Discipline Techniques, and routines (AP #2)
- Encouraging Positive Behavior, Choices, Consequences, and Encouragement (AP #3)
- Preparing for School success, Encouraging Play, Learning, Reading, and Dealing with Childhood Emotions (AP #4)
- Safety Starts at Home (AP #5)
- Love and Relationships, and Appropriate Physical Touch (AP #6)
- Childhood Nutrition (AP #7)
- Personal Finance and Budgeting (AP #8)
Being a Father
Being a Father gives dads the FREE tools they need to be the best father they can be. The sessions cover topics such as:
- Parenting Style
- Quality Time
- Relationships
- Distractions
- Being a Role Model
- Priorities
- Leadership
- Shared Responsibility
- Consistency
Doctor Dad
Doctor Dad teaches dads practical skills & medical info to keep their child healthy and safe. The 4 sessions cover topics such as how to soothe a crying baby, nutrition, shots, fever & the common cold, germs, cuts & scrapes, and safety in the car, house, and yard.
Practical skills & medical info for dads to keep their child healthy and safe
- The Well Child: Understanding your child’s style, why your baby might be crying, how to soothe your crying baby, nutrition, shots
- The Sick Child: Taking your child’s temperature, fever, the common cold, germs, preventing dehydration
- The Injured Child: Burns, sunburns, drowning, cuts & scrapes, head injuries, poisoning, choking
- The Safe Child: Safety in the car, house, and yard; gun safety and parental anger
Who is Jesus, really?
8 classes of beginner Bible Study that examines the life and ministry of Jesus through the eyes of a woman.
Nutrition
9 classes offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach that focus on buying, eating, and living, healthy.
