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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
Enter to Win Two ABCJLM Curricula or Workbooks!
For the past few weeks I have been promising you a huge giveaway - two ABC Jesus Loves Me Curricula or Workbooks of your choice. Today is the day it becomes a reality! Consider this my "thank you" for your support of ABCJLM and this blog. All you have to do is subscribe by email and confirm your email address to enter to ...
How to Teach Rhyming
Rhyming is a concept which Bubs really struggled. For some reason rhyming was one of the holes that he had in his learning meaning that he was able to do objectives that required rhyming yet couldn't rhyme. (Strange but that is the bases for Bubs' entire learning.) We finally had a turning point after many ...
Because They Will Only Be Little Once
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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 ...