Do you very feel like your work is in vain? Take housework. I get so frustrated that not 30 seconds after sweeping, crumbs fall to the tile like giant raindrops from the sky. Then not 15 seconds after putting all of the toys away, new toys have come for an extended visit. Or how about those moments when you make the decision to forgo what ...
Parenting to Impress Blog...
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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
How to Have a Successful Visit to an Amusement Park with Preschoolers
This summer we have had the opportunity to visit an amusement park. Since I have only ever attended with friends or with my public school students, I didn't know what to expect when taking our own preschool aged children. After two visits, we have learned to prepare so that we have a great day! Clothing Since most amusement parks have water ...
Consequences that Work!
If this is your first visit to our blog, welcome! We hope that you will stay awhile and check out the rest of Our Out-of-Sync Life Blog as well as our Preschool Curriculum website - ABCJesusLovesMe.com. Thanks for stopping by! You know the saying, "Make the punishment fit the crime." And the older our kiddos get, the more I understand the ...
How Did You Start Off the Morning?
I get frustrated. Mad. Sometimes yell. Parenting is hard! I am amazed at how crazy I can get when a child of mine does something absolutely stupid! (Am I supposed to use the word stupid even though my children can't?) I do things that I never thought were possible all out of shear frustration. Can you relate? If you are a mom to a ...
Question: Helping My Child Out of a Meltdown
I received this question and I wanted to share with everyone as I believe it is a question that a lot of you may have: I was intrigued by your process of having your son jump on a trampoline to calm him down. We are still in the process of figuring out exactly what is going on with my son, but he has total melt downs over very small things and the ...
An Update on Our Family
It is time for an update. Bubs Bubs is seven with a birthday just around the corner. He just finished 1st Grade and had a great teacher and year. It is crazy how the dynamics change now that he is home all day. This has created an adjustment for all of us. Sensory wise, Bubs continues to have very rough moments. We praise God that ...
Review: What’s in the Bible Vol 6
What's in the Bible Vol 6 - A Nation Divided. Enough said. Review over. Really that is how I want to write this review because simply put, we love these DVD's. We love what our children are learning about the Bible. Even as adults, we love what we are learning about the Bible. If you haven't started your library of the What's in the Bible ...
Puffy Polar Bear
Puff paint was a popular craft element when I was a kid. Cool look. Cool texture. I was excited to see a recipe for puff paint on several pinterest posts. So, I did some research of my own, combined a few recipes, and created a Puffy Polar Bear craft for the 5 Year Curriculum's lesson on the book God Gave Us Christmas. Begin by printing the ...
My Emotions and Me
This is an activity in the 5 Year ABCJesusLovesMe.com Preschool Curriculum about emotions. My Emotions and Me: Have the child lay on a piece of butcher block paper and trace around the child. Ask the child to finish the below statements and then write the answers on the traced body according to the directions. My name is.... (between ...
Spin a Chore
For some reason in our home, the kids prefer to do a job at 80% instead of doing the job correctly. Not really sure why but they do. Here's an example...instead of putting the toy in the room, on the shelf where it belongs, the children place the toy in the doorway of the room. I believe the extra three steps to finish the job ...