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

Are You Teaching Your Children to Sin?

03/25/2015 by Heidi

Teaching Your Children to Sin ...

Why I Believe Flannelgraph Can be an Excellent Way to Teach the Bible to Children

03/23/2015 by Heidi

I am a product of flannelgraph teaching. Many of you are the product of flannelgraph teaching. If it was done well, you most likely have very fond memories. Used poorly? Not so much! Since beginning ABCJesusLovesMe, I desired to add flannelgraph as a technique to help families and churches teach Bible ...

The Best Parenting Book…The Answer Will Surprise You

03/18/2015 by Heidi

Several months ago a thread was created on the ABCJesusLovesMe Facebook Group asking everyone for their favorite parenting books. And boy did the answers come. A plethora of authors were represented. While I wasn't familiar with some, several authors reside on my shelves or in a pile similar to the one pictured above on my ...

And the Winner of the What’s in the Bible Giveaway Bundle is…

03/16/2015 by Heidi

Out of 297 entries, the winner of the What's in the Bible? Easter Bundle Giveaway is: Entry #184 - Cynthia (rotzncyn) Cynthia, please contact me within 48 hours using the winning email address and be sure to include your mailing address. Thank you to everyone who entered. What's in the Bible? has several wonderful sales going on ...

23 Things (I Don’t Want You to Know) About Me

03/16/2015 by Heidi

Daily I welcome new people into the ABC Jesus Loves Me Family through Facebook, the ABCJLM Newsletter, and this blog. I love it! Parents, grandparents, and teachers joining us on our mission. But I realize that the vast majority of you do not know me. I mean really know me. What you know of me is strictly through a ...

Easter Ideas for Families

03/11/2015 by Heidi

Easter is a pretty big deal at ABC Jesus Loves Me. Honestly, between Christmas (the birth of our Savior) and Easter (the death, burial, and resurrection of our Savior) what could be more important? But Easter is a tough holiday to explain to children. Between the Easter bunny, loads of candy, and Easter egg hunts, ...

Giveaway: What’s in the Bible? Easter Bundle

03/09/2015 by Heidi

Since our two months of Thanks-Giveaways in November and December I haven't given away anything on this blog. I think we need to change this! I want to bless one sweet family with some of my favorite products - a What's in the Bible? DVD and book. For the next six days you have the opportunity to enter to win the Volume 10: Jesus is ...

How to Make Homemade Bread in a Bag

03/04/2015 by Heidi

Making Homemade bread can be very intimidating. When some of you saw the activity in the Easter Activity Workbook to make homemade bread, you freaked! Some of you shy away from anything with yeast for fear of failure. But yeast is not your enemy! In baking, yeast is your friend. And baking homemade bread is nothing to be scared of. Beyond the ...