They Will Only Be Little Once ...
Parenting to Impress Blog...
...A sister site to ABCJesusLovesMe
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
Helping Boys Learn with Cars
There is something about boys and cars. I don't understand the fascination. And, I definitely can't explain why the hoods are left up on cars during a car show. When I look in, I just see an engine. But for whatever reason, boys love cars and everything about cars. Give a little boy a Hot Wheels car and you will see ...
How Parents And Kids Can Thrive During The School Year
Yesterday was an exciting day! I was the featured blogger at What's in the Bible?. I was asked to share how we ease the transition from the lazy days of summer to the hustle and bustle of school time and share ideas of how to survive the school year. No matter how much it grieves me, summer is coming to a close. I can try to ignore ...
How to Make Your Own Super Cool Cardboard Building Blocks
source When I was a kid, we had cardboard blocks similar to the ones pictured above in the church nursery. After church we would scamper to the back room to build huge walls and towers. We'd create architectural masterpieces and then some fellow builder would lose her balance causing the walls to come tumbling down. But ...
Printable Shape Flashcards
Aren't these adorable? Ann created these from free clipart from Love Two Teach and shared them with me and other ABCJesusLovesMe users. I contacted Kristen, the owner of this clipart, and she graciously gave me permission to put these flashcards on the ABCJLM website! These would be great for a Shape Walk (used in the 2 Year Curriculum). Or ...
Are You Traveling the Parenting Road Alone?
image source In a perfect world, raising a child would encompass a godly husband and wife working together as a team. Sadly, I know this isn't always the case. My heart breaks for those of you who are carrying the burden of raising your children. For whatever reason - death, divorce, ...
Winners of Goodnight, Ark and Their Favorite Bedtime Stories
And the randomly chosen winners (and their favorite bedtime stories) of the brand new Goodnight, Ark book are: #19 - Christy - Time for Bed and Steam Train, Dream Train #72 - HazleWoodBlue - Goodnight Moon #43 - Ashley Manning - My Goodnight Book #59 - David and Jessica - Goodnight Moon #52 - Sarah Gibson - Time to ...
Learning Letters with Puffy Paint
Aren't these fun letters? Our babysitter brought over the supplies to make Puffy Paint Letters with our kids. The kids had such a great time that they didn't realize that they were learning and working their fine motor skills. Mix in a little finger-paint action for a science experiment makes this activity a win-win situation for ...
What is ABCJLM?
God has given me two avenues to minister to families. One way is through this blog. The other is through the free Preschool Curriculum website called ABC Jesus Loves Me. I want to take a moment to share with you how this website came about and what is available. As an educator, I know the "requirements" for ...
Going on a PATTERN Hunt: Ideas for Pre-Readers
On Wednesday I shared with you a brand new book, Goodnight, Ark, by Laura Sassi. Today, I have been given the opportunity to share with you an extension activity written by the author. Use these ideas along with Goodnight, Ark to teach patterns. Seeing and recognizing patterns are important skills for pre-readers. They lay the ground ...