Education + School

Mother Goose Time is a professionally developed preschool curriculum that nurtures the whole child and supports the child's social, emotional and intellectual growth. Mother Goose Time offers monthly curriculum kits of theme-based, hands-on activities, art projects and early literacy and...

I had the pleasure of enjoying a facial at Massage Heights in Clive earlier this month. I had never had a facial before in my life, but I was excited for something new and refreshing. As I age, and...

I'm thrilled to share my newest favorite thing with you today: It's an inspiring, life-changing, easy-to-use, inspiring curriculum from Mother Goose Time! Mother Goose Time is a professionally developed preschool curriculum that nurtures the whole child and supports the child's social, emotional...

I was deeply impacted and touched by the local home school conference I attended a few weekends ago.  Before you think, I don't home school so this post won't apply to me, please keep reading - it applies to...

Remember this awesome GIVEAWAY we shared with you in March? Thanks to the generosity of Instructor and Artist Sharon Hatten, more than 20 of our local families were able to participate in art classes during the month of April. We all...

Today's post is sponsored by Apex Athletics: Taking cheerleading to the next level.   About Apex Athletics Director Nicole Gould shares: "We opened in 2009 with a goal to provide a great service to all of our customers whether they were 18...

Des Moines Moms Blog is honored to feature a guest post from Sarah Morris Fleming, LICSW today: One of the things I educate people the most about as a therapist is the reason for emotions.  The majority of people I...

We celebrated our daughter's birthday this past weekend. It seems like only yesterday she weighed 3 pounds and our home was the NICU at Blank Children's Hospital and here we are today, already 3 years old! I love celebrating her every...

You’ve probably heard of sensory play, but did you know that this type of play is very beneficial for children? From birth, babies learn about their world using their 5 senses: seeing, smelling, hearing, feeling & tasting. As they...

Who knew I would be registering my child for something that doesn't start for 8 months?  Thinking ahead has not always been my strong point; needless to say, I have been forced to make some changes in that department! ...