Just a year ago, I started a new book The Sweet By and By by recording artist Sara Evans with Rachel Hauck. In my review I stated, "I was sorry that I started the book over the Christmas season because all I wanted to do was read!" The second book in the Songbird Series - Softly and Tenderly - was exactly the same. Full ...
Search Results for: christmas
Recipe: English Toffee
This is one of our family's favorites at Christmas. I don't believe that my mom could make enough batches. This is truly the best English Toffee recipe around! 1 1/2 cup brown sugar1/2 lb butter (not margarine)1/2 t. vanilla Cook the above ingredients over low heat in heavy saucepan stirring constantly. Cook until it reaches hard crack stage - (300 ...
Review: Jesus God’s Great Gift
With Bubs starting to read, I am enjoying the "I Can Read" book for their simplicity and repetition of words. Jesus, God's Great Gift is one of the Level 2 readers about the Christmas story. In very simple terms the Christmas story is presented. To help developing readers, the sentences are short and repetition ...
Making Memories
Several months ago I mentioned that my mom gave me a 1993 issue of Shining Star magazine. Included in this issue is an excerpt from Jody Capehart's book - Cherishing and Challenging Your Children. The article called "Making Meaningful Memories", contains practical tips to create family traditions and memories throughout the year. ...
Guest Post: Nativity Memory Game
Thank you to Miss Cheryl for another great Guest Post... Transition times happen often throughout the day with a group of children! Waiting for some of our friends to wash their hands, waiting for some of our friends to finish their snack, etc. Waiting is difficult for preschool age children. A minute seems like an hour! Try standing ...
Candy Cane Poem
If this is your first visit to our blog, welcome! We hope that you will stay awhile and check out the rest of Our Out-of-Sync Life blog, as well as our Preschool Curriculum website - ABCJesusLovesMe.com. Thanks for stoppingby! I fell in love with this poem I found on a coloring sheet that Sweet Pea and Little Man did at ...
Review: God Gave Us So Much
Lisa Tawn Bergren has made the Polar Bear Family a very popular family with her several "God Gave Us..." books. I have suggested several of them on the blog and included them throughout the ABCJLM curriculum. God Gave Us So Much: A Limited-Edition Three-Book Treasury contains three of these books - God Gave Us ...
Making Magnificent Marble Magnets
Image Source (permission granted) A very crafty friend of mine created these Making Magnificent Marble Magnets. These would make great Christmas gifts for teachers and friends a like. Thank you Tina for letting me share this! Be sure to click on the link to find detailed instructions with pictures. Items needed: old magazines or ...
Review and Gift Idea: Mrs. Rosey Posey I Can Read! Series
Now that Bubs is in Kindergarten and starting to read, I am always looking for books that he and I can read together. Zondervan offers several in their "I Can Read" series. Just in time for Christmas, this post is going to focus on the Mrs. Rosey Posey series by Robin Jones Gunn. You and your child will be ...
Review and Giveaway: Ruby and Rocket
My favorite part about the brand new book Ruby and Rocket (Guest in the Garden) is that it isn't just a carbon copy of every other children's book. Let me tell you, it is refreshing! As a Master Gardener, Dawn Denton opens the eyes of children to the beauty of God's creation though the use of sibling-hummingbirds Ruby and ...