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 ...
Impressing on Children
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 ...
Drawings
Bubs has never liked to draw. Up until a couple of days ago, if you asked him to draw something, he scribbled. I looked in the magazines that we receive and saw these great pictures that kids Bubs' age drew. I knew that the problem stemmed back to his fine motor skills but we had to turn the tide. Along with the Visual Perception Activities ...
Snow Paint
If you are like us, the temperatures are very cold and snow is covering the grass. Here is a fun activity to paint snow that will entertain everyone. Snow Paint Supplies Snow Paint Directions We discovered that the fluffiness of the snow changes the results of this activity. You may need to change the nozzle spray on ...
Making Paper Snowflakes
We are continuing our Ricky the Raccoon story "Let is Snow!" from our current Ranger Rick Jr. magazine by doing the same activities that the animals did - Making Paper Snowflakes! The kids really enjoyed this activity and several were made to hang on our back door. Snowflake Learning So much learning occurred in this project. ...
Now That’s Thinking…
At dinner time a few days ago Bubs told us his master plan of how he was going to purchase a new Wii game. He had played the new Mario Brothers game with his Uncle and Aunt and really liked it. (Actually Mommy and Daddy had fun too!) In detail, he explained how he was going to have all of these games laid out (kind of the carnival concept). He ...