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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

Homemade Baby Wipes

02/15/2012 by Heidi

If this is your first visit to our blog, welcome! I invite you to stay awhile and check out the rest of Parenting to Impress Blog as well as our Free Preschool Curriculum website - ABCJesusLovesMe.com. Thanks for stopping by! Whether you are frugal, green, or just want the best for your kiddos, these ...

Recipe: Chicken Quesadillas

02/10/2012 by Heidi

My sweet friend, Lee, served these Chicken Quesadillas to us one evening. Since then, this has become a meal that I fall back on. It is also one of my most requested meals by the fam. Not sure what it says about my cooking because this recipe is super easy! Ingredients: Chicken - cooked and shredded BBQ Sauce (optional) Shredded ...

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: Gift Baskets

12/14/2011 by Heidi

A tradition that our family has each December is to create food baskets for our neighbors, many of whom are retired. Instead of just dropping the gifts by, we try to set up a time for the family to come to our home or for us to visit them. With ten families on our list, we start early in December scheduling times to visit. The kids help me ...

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 ...