When the Elephant Walks is the Book of the Week on the 2 Year Curriculum Week 2. It is an adorable book that I was introduced to by our library. Pictured above is a cute, easy craft that can go along with this book or would be fun for Noah's Ark. Since most of the pieces to make the elephant are circles, it would be ...
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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
Making Jericho Blocks
As a child, one the "hot" toys at church were these large cardboard blocks. We built, knocked down, and hit at our creations almost every Sunday and Wednesday. My mom gave me this idea of how to make large blocks out of juice containers. Super easy! Cut the top off the containers and wash out. Allow to dry. Slide one container inside ...
Review and Activity: Five Little Speckled Frogs
Five Little Speckled Frogs is one of the stories on the 2 Year Curriculum's Book of the Week list. My kiddos love to sing the song. There are several versions available, but my kids and I enjoyed Nikki Smith's illustrations. The song is divided up to match the pictures. Even though they know the story and the illustrations were predictable, ...
Review: Read and Share Toddler Bible
The Read and Share Toddler Bible is the 2nd Bible suggested the in 2 Year Curriculum. With simple pictures and short sentences, this book is perfect for toddlers. Enough detail to keep them engaged but not so much that they lose interest. Each page contains a picture that supports the storyline. Approximately two short sentences align each ...
Review: My First Hands-On Bible
In the first few moments of holding the My First Hands-On Bible, I knew that I had just found my Bible of choice for the 5 Year Curriculum. My husband knew he had just found a Bible for nighttime devos with the kids. If this title rings a bell, just a year ago I reviewed the bigger brother to this Bible - Hands-On Bible NLT. I really liked ...
But I am a Martha….
The story of Mary and Martha used to make me mad. It wasn't fair and I couldn't see how Martha did anything wrong. Seriously...up until college I questioned Jesus because Mary did not help Martha. (Is my lion personality coming out strong or what?) In college I realized that it was about the focus. What was important at that moment. Read ...
The Choice to Hit the Panic Button or Not
2011 is going down as a year of craziness. I can already see our Christmas letter. Let me give you a sneak peek. We have had extreme weather (-20 temperatures to record high heat; 25" of snow to 15" of flooding rains and now a drought). Our family was sick off and on for the first five months of this year. Immediately after the sickness ...
2 Year Curriculum is Finished!!!
The much anticipated 2 Year ABCJesusLovesMe Curriculum is finished. Wooo.... Can you hear my sigh of relief? (The louder cheer that you hear is from my family.) I am super excited about this curriculum and from your emails, you are too! Here is an overview: Think of this Curriculum as an introduction into learning. Instead of ...
Train vs Discipline
Not long ago I was doing something (have no idea what...probably some mundane mom task) when the Holy Spirit threw a word at me. Literally it was like a softball hit me in the forehead. train Immediately this verse came to mind. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Then like a ...
Red Light, Green Light
It was one of those moments that I was so proud of my child. Little Man obeyed. This time, I wasn't the only person to witness it. A man in a suit did a double take and then made a comment. Little Man and I have this game after church. He runs a little way ahead until I stay stop. Go....Stop! He freezes and looks at me with this amazingly ...