A childhood friend posted a Christmas Countdown list similar to this on her blog. I loved the ideas she put together and asked to share them with you! Below are example activities to get you started. But don't be bound by these ideas! Make it your own and start new traditions. Use an advent calendar, small boxes, or a ...
Impressing on Children
Christmas Traditions: A Bed for Baby Jesus
A Bed for Jesus: A Count-down to Christmas Activity for Preschoolers ...
Christmas Traditions: 25 Days of God’s Promises
Today begins our Christ-Centered Christmas Tradition series. A month of ideas to help you keep Jesus as the focus of the month and to create traditions to last a lifetime. This may very well end up being my favorite Christmas Tradition. Not necessarily because it will make profound memories but because I need it. Call it a 100%, totally ...
Thanksgiving Traditions: Kernels of Thanks
While the holidays are filled with anticipation and fun, there is so much more than food, football, and parades to each of them. In our blog series, Thanksgiving Traditions, I am sharing ideas of my own and from the ABCJLM family that will help you leave a legacy while keeping Jesus the focus of the holiday ...
Guest Post: How to Teach Children Tough Bible Stories
Guest Post by Tauna: Our preschool co-op is three mommies who rotate teaching and hosting responsibilities. It's really fantastic. Last week, I was assigned the story of when Jesus forgives the adulterous woman. I looked through AAALLLL my children's Bibles and similar resources and found exactly zero representations of that story. It's ...
Review: Do You Know What’s In the Bible?
Beanbags? Check. Double chair for Mommy and Daddy to snuggle? Check. TV and DVD player? Check. Popcorn? Double check. (Actually, quadruple check because it takes four bags to get us through one movie!) Add a DVD and you have a coveted Family Movie Night. And if it is a What's in the Bible? DVD, you have a win-win situation for all! Buck ...
Fishing Game
My kids have enjoyed going "fishing" in our living room. Catching each fish becomes a educational game. What's great about this activity is that they don't even realize that they are learning!!! This game is easy to make and can be created as simple or as detailed as you want. To Make: Fishing Pole: A dowel rod, string, and ...
Review: Raising Financially Confident Kids
"In other areas of life, we were diligently teaching our children important values of responsibility, honesty, self-discipline, and faith. But failing so miserably in this matter." Any guessing on what "this" matter may be? After looking at the book image above, you probably guessed it. Financial responsibility. Looking back, Mary ...
Making a Toddler Talk
Can you make a toddler talk? Well it depends who you ask. But in the case of our little Peanut, I believe you can. Bubs was a slow talker. He ended up in speech because of it. Sweet Pea talked very early. Little Man was having conversations before some kiddos can walk. (Okay this is an exaggeration but not much of one!) Now Peanut enters the ...
How to “Do” School with Your Child
Imagine this with me. A mom and child are neatly dressed sitting at the table looking at school books. The child is happily gleaning from the mom's wisdom and desires to learn. There are no distractions in the background and the kitchen table is obviously neatly wiped down. I would wager that the statement right before we enter this scene was ...