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 ...
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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
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 ...
5, 4, 3, 2, 1…It’s Preschool Time!!!
I can't believe it, but it's already time for school again! Here are 9 tips to help you start the year off right. 1) Gather the supplemental supplies (books, craft supplies, games, Bible) suggested for each curriculum. I found it easiest to putting craft supplies in a plastic tote for quick use. Also, place on hold the needed books at the ...
Creation Fingerplay
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ABCJesusLovesMe Curriculum Review #2
Here is another review by an ABCJLM user! Thank you LaToya for sending me the link and letting me share with others! Last year I went on the search for a free Christian preschool curriculum to work with Bubba. After looking through a few choices I settled on ABC Jesus Loves Me (ABCJLM). While I didn't use the curriculum as much as I'd planned, ...
Making Cards: Tissue Paper & Vinegar
Making cards is a great craft for kids. They work on imagination and fine motor skills. Above that, they work on showing love to others when these cards are mailed or given away. The picture below is the latest in our crafts experiments. I was looking for a get-well-soon card and came upon the idea of using vinegar and ...