I recently read a quote by Christina Applegate about how she compares the show Married With Children (which made her famous) to TV today. It's so tame (laughing). I feel like we paved the way for the destruction of morality on the tube. Are you kidding me? I seriously had to read this twice to make sure that I didn't misread it. I will agree ...
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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
Oops Recipe – Yummy!
Bubble Rolls were supposed to be the recipe to serve our company for breakfast the next morning. It is one of the easiest and most delicious breakfasts you can make. While I don't typically keep premade foods in my pantry and freezer, Rhodes Rolls is one item that I do keep for those unexpected times when I need something yummy and ...
ABCJLM Curriculum Update
If you are following the curriculum by date, this is week 9 - review week - of the ABC Jesus Loves Me curriculum. I wanted to give an update on how it is going for our family. Due to where birthdays fall, we are using the 3 Year Curriculum for both Sweet Pea and Little Man along with the writing of the 4 Year Curriculum. We just finished ...
A New Set of Challenges
Little Man is a challenge. At two, he could drive me to need professional help. Honestly, the problem is that he is too smart. He has the vocabulary and understanding of a child twice his age. But the impulse control of a 15 month old. No lie. In Colossians 3:21 it says: Fathers, do not exasperate your children, that they may not lose ...
Go to the Source
After a rough night of pregnancy, I woke up pretty discouraged and worn down. Although I am thankful for the process and feel very blessed, I don't enjoy the nine months that precede holding our brand new baby in my arms. For some reason God chose for our children to be born half grown which causes for a very large momma (what I call a beached ...
Craft: 10 Lepers
If this is your first visit to our blog, welcome! We hope that you will 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! When teaching the Bible to children, I constantly try to think of ways to make the story applicable and age ...
What the First Week of Kindergarten Taught Me
Last week was Bubs' first full week of Kindergarten. To say that he was exhausted would be an understatement. So say that he loves Kindergarten would be another understatement. Looking back over this week, I have been thinking about how I did on preparing Bubs for this huge step in his life. Is there something that I should have done ...
My Family Drawing
The curriculum this week asks the child to draw their family. Here is our family drawn by Sweet Pea. I added the title, date, and the names of family members. She then wrote her name (blacked out). I had her write on photo-safe paper and use scrapbooking markers so that I could place it in her scrapbook. It was funny listening to her talk ...
Teaching the Wordless Book with Flannelgraph
The Betty Lukens Through the Bible Flannelgraph set has almost every Bible story that you would want. There are even sets to tell about the 2nd Coming of Jesus and Heaven. And if there is a story you want to tell but it isn't included in the manual, simple tweaking can you usually get you what you need. Even to teach the Wordless Book! Using ...
Creation Bible Story with Flannelgraph – Weeks 1-4
Since I realize that flannelgraph may be new to several of you, I want to share boards for Creation, used in the 2 and 3 Year Curricula. Using the Betty Lukens Bible Felt collection along with the Teacher's Manual, I came up with the following boards: Sweet Pea and Little Man had so much fun playing with the pieces. After telling the story ...