How many times have you sung the song, "Jesus Loves Me"? Over and over you sing the words of love from a Shepherd to His lambs. "Jesus loves me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so.... Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible tells me so." And most of us, in our ...
Parenting to Impress Blog...
...A sister site to ABCJesusLovesMe
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6:7
Teaching Children About Prayer
Because prayer can be such a difficult process for adults, sometimes we have trouble explaining it to our children. I mean...how do you explain such an abstract concept? I Can Talk With God is a book by Debby Anderson who did an excellent job of explaining what prayer is and how to pray. (This is a Christianbook.com link as Amazon ...
Two Books that Encourage Movement and Laughter
Image Source Pin It What I am about to share with you are two books that you need to have in your home library. They are so much fun that you will read them over and over and over. While reading you will be laughing with your child as he or she tries to follow the directions of these two books. (These books make for great home ...
Surgery Success or Failure?
He met me at the door with "I am wetting, Mommy." I looked at the soaked bedsheets from the night before and my shoulders slumped. This fell on the hills of a horrible report from church the day before. The teacher didn't call me to come get him just because she wanted to give me a full break without the kiddos. (God ...
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 ...
Review: Psalm 23 & Veggie Town Voyage
Pin It I found the cover illustration of the new book Psalm 23 by Richard Jesse Watson to be intriguing. Not the image that I would have guessed for a children's book covering the peaceful Psalm 23. Reminded me of C.S. Lewis story cover. The text is simply the words in Psalm 23. "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not ...
Helping Anger Management #5
This week I have shared several key points from Julie Ann Barnhill's book, She's Gonna Blow!. I pray that you gleaned some tips to add to your toolbox. But what if after reading all of the key points you are still coming up short? What if you have read all of the posts, researched online, talked to girlfriends, and begged God all to ...
Help for Anger Management #4
On Monday, I shared the first little nuggets of wisdom that I gleaned from Julie Ann Barnhill's book She's Gonna Blow!: Real Help for Moms Dealing with Anger. Today is the fourth in this week-long series providing you with practical tips to use in your own life. Wisdom Point #4 - As people learn our story, I ...
Help in Anger Management #3
Yesterday I shared the second little nuggets of wisdom that I gleaned from Julie Ann Barnhill's book She's Gonna Blow!: Real Help for Moms Dealing with Anger. Today is the third in this week-long series providing you with practical tips to use in your own life. Wisdom Point #3 – Learning to Really Listen My older two kiddos ...