Impressing on Children

Craft: Rain Maker

03/16/2012 by Heidi

Craft: Rain Sticks Tear off one sheet of aluminum foil that is three times as long as a paper towel tube. Roll the foil lengthwise like a snake. Wrap the foil around a wooden spoon creating a spring-like shape. Stretch the foil to be as wide and long as the tube. Place the spring shaped foil into the paper towel tube. Add a couple of ...

Four Seasons – Handprints

02/24/2012 by Heidi

While working on the ABCJesusLovesMe.com 5 Year Preschool Curriculum, I came up with this Four Seasons idea. Really fun! Tree - Paint the child's hand and arm brown. Press down on a piece of paper. Roll the arm a little to make the tree trunk bigger. Allow to dry. Can also draw around the child's arm and hand on brown paper and ...

How To Picture Walk Through a Book

02/06/2012 by Heidi

source Even before their precious bundle of joy is born, parents are told the importance of reading to their child. Most professionals agree that children should be read to at least 15 minutes a day. But is there a certain way to read to a child? One academic term that you will hear floating around is "Picture Walk." But what is ...

Four Seasons Tree Activity

02/01/2012 by Heidi

Both the ABCJesusLovesMe 4 and 5 Year Curricula study the Four Seasons. Those children using the 4 Year Curriculum create a Four Seasons Wheel each week adding another season. Print the "Winter Tree" and add snowflakes. Post the finished tree on a wall adding pictures around it that depict winter. Also add names or pictures of people whose ...

Christmas Traditions: Happy Birthday Jesus Party

12/12/2011 by Heidi

Happy Birthday Jesus Party ...

Christmas Traditions: Macaroni Christmas Crafts

12/09/2011 by Heidi

You could spend all of December doing crafts found on the internet for Christmas. ABCJesusLovesMe.com has several suggestions as well. Macaroni crafts may be one of my favorites. Why, you may ask? Because unlike many crafts, this is one that my young kiddos can do mostly on their own. Ingredients: Macaroni Vinegar Food ...

Christmas Traditions: Silver Dollar City

12/07/2011 by Heidi

This post is very unlike me. I rarely ever suggest a place to visit; especially a place that cost a very large chunk of change. But, if you live in the central part of the US and there is a little wiggle room in your budget, Silver Dollar City is a wonderful Christmas Tradition to start. We were able to acquire some free tickets so we took the ...