With Bubs starting to read, I am enjoying the "I Can Read" book for their simplicity and repetition of words. Jesus, God's Great Gift is one of the Level 2 readers about the Christmas story. In very simple terms the Christmas story is presented. To help developing readers, the sentences are short and repetition ...
Review: Children of God Storybook Bible
When we pick up books, it is easy to assume that what we read is truth. That some how, if it is published then all of the work has been done to make sure everything is factual. While I quickly learned that this is not true, I realized that I have not been as discerning with Children's Bibles. I assume that if it is published with ...
Review: Kibbles Rockin’ Clubhouse
You know a particular product is successful when your child pulls out specific content (both positive and negative) and applies it to every day life. Kibbles Rockin' Clubhouse: Expressing Yourself is a positive example of this. Here are two examples: Mommy is a little frustrated over a situation. Bubs reminds Mommy that it is "time to calm ...
Making Memories
Several months ago I mentioned that my mom gave me a 1993 issue of Shining Star magazine. Included in this issue is an excerpt from Jody Capehart's book - Cherishing and Challenging Your Children. The article called "Making Meaningful Memories", contains practical tips to create family traditions and memories throughout the year. ...
Review: Read, Listen, and Wonder Books and Cd’s
Read, Listen, and Wonder Books by Candlewick Press are also suggested in the new book The Autism Sisterhood: A (brief) Manual. I had the opportunity to review five different books. Each book focuses on an animal and comes with a Cd that contains three tracks - the story, facts about the animals and the real-along version. The ...
Keep the Most Important Thing, the Most Important Thing
Our pastor made this the opening quote of his message. Ponder it with me... "The most important thing about you is what you think about when you think about God." Taken from A.W. Tozer's book The Pursuit of God. ...
Guest Post: Nativity Memory Game
Thank you to Miss Cheryl for another great Guest Post... Transition times happen often throughout the day with a group of children! Waiting for some of our friends to wash their hands, waiting for some of our friends to finish their snack, etc. Waiting is difficult for preschool age children. A minute seems like an hour! Try standing ...
Candy Cane Poem
If this is your first visit to our blog, welcome! We hope that you will stay awhile and check out the rest of Our Out-of-Sync Life blog, as well as our Preschool Curriculum website - ABCJesusLovesMe.com. Thanks for stoppingby! I fell in love with this poem I found on a coloring sheet that Sweet Pea and Little Man did at ...
Review: Push-Pull Puzzle
The Push-Pull Puzzle by Kids' Express Train is one cool puzzle! I truly wonder why retailers haven't borrowed this idea for the general public. My kids have really enjoyed all of the interaction that this puzzle creates. This puzzle is unique. Here is a description from the retail store Therapro - This is a two-sided puzzle ...
Review: God Gave Us So Much
Lisa Tawn Bergren has made the Polar Bear Family a very popular family with her several "God Gave Us..." books. I have suggested several of them on the blog and included them throughout the ABCJLM curriculum. God Gave Us So Much: A Limited-Edition Three-Book Treasury contains three of these books - God Gave Us ...