Learning Connection allows parents and children time to bond

Parents and kids enjoy their time at the Learning Connection in the basement of the Bethany Alliance Church in Charles City on Monday morning. Press photo by Kelly Terpstra

Lydia Johnson looks at a project her son is working on at the Learning Connection in the basement of the Bethany Alliance Church in Charles City on Monday morning. Press photo by Kelly Terpstra

Teacher assistant Patricia Miller helps kids at the Learning Connection in the basement of the Bethany Alliance Church in Charles City on Monday morning. Press photo by Kelly Terpstra

Amy Kubik holds her son at the Learning Connection in the basement of the Bethany Alliance Church in Charles City on Monday morning. Press photo by Kelly Terpstra

Parents and kids enjoy their time at the Learning Connection in the basement of the Bethany Alliance Church in Charles City on Monday morning. Press photo by Kelly Terpstra

Parents and kids enjoy their time at the Learning Connection in the basement of the Bethany Alliance Church in Charles City on Monday morning. Press photo by Kelly Terpstra

The Learning Connection on-site coordinator, Marilyn Heitz (left), along with mother Lydia Johnson (right), listen to a program in the basement of the Bethany Alliance Church in Charles City Monday morning. Press photo by Kelly Terpstra

Briana Rottinghaus, a sexual assault advocate for Crisis Intervention Service, leads a class about child abuse prevention for the Learning Connection in Charles City on Monday. Press photo by Kelly Terpstra