source During this time of year the anxiety kicks up several levels. The pressure and expectations that we all feel cause panic to run in. And almost every time, a slew of questions pertaining to one particular subject hit the ABCJesusLovesMe Facebook Group. How Do I Break the Weekly Lesson Plans into Daily Activities? If you have ...
Impressing on Children
Will You Make the Pledge with Me?
Pin It I once heard a mom say, “When my daughter is older I don’t want her to ___ but I know that when the time comes I will give in.” Really? I felt very sad for this mom. She already had decided that she would cave to her daughter’s wishes despite the fact that she knew it was not a good decision. In reading an article in the ...
Put the Fire Out!
Need a fun outside game that incorporates gross and fine motor skills...and water? This activity is great for this time of year when it may be too cool to swim but the kids are begging to play in water. Several years ago I found the idea of "Put the Fire Out" on YourTherapySource.com. This website has several great ideas to include gross and ...
Review: God, I Need to Talk to You About…
Pin It I was introduced to these little gems a few years ago while writing the 4 Year ABC Jesus Loves Me Curriculum. Looking for books to teach character, I loved the simplicity and Biblical foundation that these books provided. And from your response, you agree. The “God I Need to Talk To You About” series contains 24 ...
16+ Learning Activities with Easter Eggs
They sell them for pennies. And if you attend just one Easter Egg hunt you come home with 25+ of them. Plastic Easter eggs. A waste or fabulous teaching tools? Easter eggs can bring fun to almost any learning objective any time of the year. Here are some ideas to help get you started. Math - Basic hide and seek. Then have the child ...
Guest Post: 20 Resurrection Eggs for Easter
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Review: Lily’s Easter Party: The Story of the Resurrection Eggs
Click here to view the updated post: Resurrection Eggs Discover a plethora of FREE Easter activities for the whole family on the ABCJesusLovesMe website! Thank you to Zonderkidz for allowing me to review this book. ...
Making Learning Part of the Day
Pin It Have you check out the ABCJLM Facebook Group lately? If not, you are missing out on a lot of wisdom! "Tina" shared some fabulous ways to incorporate the objectives of the ABCJLM Curriculum into a day with her grandson. I wanted to share her ideas because the suggestions are so simple yet so profound. Below are some of her main points. I ...
How to Organize Your Home Library
Yesterday I explained the importance of building a home library. Today I will show you how I organize ours! I organize just for the sake of organizing sometimes. While this mad-obsession has cooled down due to a lack of time, the teacher in me still likes everything cataloged and systematic. So when I got the hair-brained idea to organize our ...
How to Build a Home Library
The research is unanimous - children should be read to and read to often. And there are a multitude of toddler and preschool-aged books from which to choose. The sad truth is that you can't trust the fact that a book is published that it is a good one! (If you don't believe me, visit your local library!) I think it is mucho importante to build a ...