In November 2024, we celebrated our 20-year milestone of Springfield Moms as your free online family resource, and itâs clear weâve made a positive impact on many area families.
- Now that my kids have entered the âgrown and flownâ stage and my parents require more support, Iâve decided to take more time to focus on my family in 2025.
- We will not update or post new resources on the Springfield Moms website during this time.
Thank you to all who supported this journey, engaged with our community and enjoyed the resources we shared.
Best wishes in 2025 from the team at Springfield Moms.
Below are ongoing events and useful links to access more events.
NEW programming and resources at the YMCA! Check out their new options in their new programming link.
HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital Parenting Classes
UIS Performing Arts Center: Upcoming Events at PAC
- Junior Blues Hockey Games are back at the Nelson Center! Now through April 5, 2025 $10 for adults and $6 for kids under age 12 when purchased in advance. View schedule and buy tickets online: www.jrblues.com
- Kidzeum: Visitation and special event details on the Kidzeum website
- Lincoln Library (located at 7th and Capitol, Downtown) for more information, visit lincolnlibrary.info
- Hoogland Center for the Arts 420 S. Sixth Street, Springfield IL Reserve tickets online
- Illinois Symphony Orchestra Upcoming Events
- Springfield Park Districtâs Henson Robinson Zoo More on their website.
- Art classes, workshops and special events at the Springfield Area Art Association springfieldart.org
- Downtown Springfield Inc, Events downtownspringfield.org
- Toddler Tunes is a NEW group designed specifically for students aged 1-5 that are interested in music! Weekly classes at Hoogland Center for the Arts will encourage all aspects of music, movement, instrumentation, story-telling, dancing and singing. Classes meet on Thursday mornings starting at 10:00am. Students can sign up for all 4 quarters, or pick and choose. No previous experience is required to participate. Learn more and register here: https://www.hcfta.org/education/toddler-tune
NEW Every Monday evening! Healing Hearts Grief Group for children and teens ages 5-18
There is no cost to this program. Every Monday at HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Centennial Hall from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. From 5:00 to 5:30 they have a snack then they meet with their facilitator to work on a project that they make and take home or finish the next week.
The children/ teens are in age- appropriate groups to help them process their grief through activities such as different craft activities. Some of the activities include making memory boxes, bead bracelets, making memory stones, using colored pipe cleaners to make flowers or animals. The older teens might work on making wind chimes or Japanese memory boxes.
These are just a few activities that help the children/teens to talk as they make crafts in memory of their loved ones. This allows them to have a voice and talk about their loved one — not as a counseling session or to take their grief away but rather a chance for them to express their feelings and thoughts as they work and talk together with others, that they might not otherwise do at home. Questions? Contact Dr. Dee Stern at 217-494-4747, chaplain at St. John’s Hospital, a Grief Therapist and LCPC
We also have a great list of area Day Trips.
