One of the great ways for preschoolers to learn their letters and phonetic sounds is by doing Letter Art. Each weekly Lesson Plan at ABCJLM includes a link to Letter of the Week ideas as well as Letter Posters. Two weeks ago, W was Letter of the Week. After printing off the Letter W Poster, I sat down with the kids and brainstormed words that ...
Impressing on Children
Direction, Hints, and Discussion Ideas for Resurrection Rolls
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Tissue Paper Rainbows
Tissue paper art activities have become common around here. So have rainbows. This is the latest in our art collection - a tissue paper rainbow. This activity would be great for St. Patrick's Day, during the month of April (April Showers), a unit on rainbows, or studying Noah. The kids are getting pretty good about knowing the colors of the ...
Resurrection Eggs
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Rainbow of Colors
In spirit of St. Patrick's Day, we made rainbows. I found this wonderful activity at Preschool Playbook under the St. Patrick's Day theme. I just changed it up a little. On a piece of construction paper, I drew six arched lines. We talked about the order of colors in a rainbow. I poured Fruit Loop cereal into a 9x13 pan. We started with ...
Review: What’s In the Bible
For several days I have been tempting you with little sneak peaks into the newly anticipated "What's in the Bible?" by Veggie Tales creator Phil Vischer. Today's the day that I am finally going to get to the nitty-gritty. The good. The bad. The ugly. Positives - Phil Vischer set out to teach the Bible in 13 videos (the first two just ...
Holding School with More Than One Kiddo
I received a very sweet email from an ABCJesusLovesMe user. I can't tell you how much I appreciate emails from you! Thank you so much for ABCJLM!! ... I discovered the site a few weeks ago, we are starting week 3 and love it! I sit with all three big kids at the table and do our Bible verse, story and character trait all together before we ...
What’s In the Bible
What's in the Bible?: Genesis - Volume 1, In the Beginning DVD My family and I just sat down to view the very first video in the brand new - not released yet - DVD series called What's in the Bible. I am pretty excited. The kids were laughing and exclaimed many times that they really liked the video. My husband and I were laughing and asking ...
Tissue Paper Heart
Today I had another blast from my past as Sweet Pea and Bubs made these Tissue Paper Hearts. I cut two heart and many, many squares of tissue paper. I think they turned out great! Supplies: - Construction Paper Heart - Don't make it too big unless you are going to do this activity over several sittings. These hearts were a little much for ...
Heart Girl/Boy Craft
I was transported back to my elementary days when I saw a post about Heart People at Preschool Playbook. I suddenly remembered making these in art class. So, Sweet Pea, Bubs and I set out to make my memories a reality - and hopefully a memory for them. You can see Bubs' above. Didn't he do great! This is a fun activity to do for Valentine's ...