There is no disagreement that children should be read to and read to often. The direct correlation between reading and IQ has been studied multiple times. And if you joined last week's Periscope Broadcast, you know that I highly encourage families to create a home library filled with quality books. But upon entering the library or browsing a ...
Impressing on Children
Filling Your Holidays and Home with Music: The Best Christmas CDs & Giveaway
The Best Christmas Music One of my favorite parts of Christmas is the music. I love to hear the beautiful melodies and gorgeous harmonies. Plus I love the peace that it adds to the atmosphere in our home. With the help of my Facebook friends, I compiled a list of the everyone's favorite Christmas CDs. Ptxmas - Pentatonix Christmas ...
Hosting a Neighborhood Open House
image source by gesinek When our children were very young we started a tradition of creating food baskets for our neighbors for Christmas. Instead of just dropping the goodies by, we set up a time for the recipients to come to our home or for us to visit them (many are retired). With ten families on our list, we started late-November ...
Can the 5 Year Curriculum be Used for Kindergarten?
We have received so many questions about using the ABC Jesus Loves Me 5 Year Curriculum as a kindergarten curriculum. So, I asked Alisha and Lisa to share there experiences. From Alisha: As the new school year approaches, many people have been asking whether or not it is a good idea to use the ABCJLM 5 Year Curriculum as a kindergarten ...
Why Praise Music Is So Important In a Momma’s Life & A Giveaway
stockmedia We were sitting around the pool watching the kiddos swim. Of course we started sharing tips. Ideas on parenting, our Christian walk, and house keeping. It's what mommas do, right? A conversation started about TV and how much we allow our kiddos to watch. One momma shared that her TV is on all day. My eyes bugged out ...
Hop Scotch and Learning
Today we are going to take a break from our Vacation Tips blog series and revisit a post from a while back. Since the temperatures dropped a little last week, we took our learning outside. In creating our own hopscotch game, we combined drawing (fine motor), jumping (gross motor), numbers, and shapes! And...the kids didn't even realize they ...
The Best Parenting Book…The Answer Will Surprise You
Several months ago a thread was created on the ABCJesusLovesMe Facebook Group asking everyone for their favorite parenting books. And boy did the answers come. A plethora of authors were represented. While I wasn't familiar with some, several authors reside on my shelves or in a pile similar to the one pictured above on my ...
An Easter Activity Workbook: Take Me to the Cross
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Are You Giving Your Children the Ultimate Gift?
source In my mind there are three main aspects of parenting. The first is the theme of this blog - impressing upon our children a God who loves them and asks them to love Him in return. Laying a foundation for them to love God with all of their heart, soul, and mind. The second is financial wisdom. We continue to use the Money Management ...
Simple Letter Christmas Craft!
I have wanted to do this craft for a while but just haven't gotten it done. Yesterday I had a bunch of laundry to do so I set Peanut (age 4) up on the little craft table near me and he went to work. I couldn't believe how he was able to do this craft almost entirely by himself. Leaving me to get the laundry done in a flash! We began by choosing ...