While the holidays are filled with anticipation and fun, there is so much more than food, football, and parades to each of them. In our blog series, Thanksgiving Traditions, I am sharing ideas of my own and from the ABCJLM family that will help you leave a legacy while keeping Jesus the focus of the holiday ...
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Thanksgiving Traditions: Chain of Praise
In Wednesday's blog post, I introduced you to the book Let's Be Thankful. I explained how we used this precious book to begin our Thanksgiving holiday season. To begin, I asked our kiddos to recall examples of thanks that the author shared in his book. The kids pulled out classic and some of the unique answers. ...
What To Do with All the Candy?
After Halloween, there is a big question floating in the air. "What are we going to do with all of this candy?" Other than rotting teeth and giving all children a sugar high, nothing good could can come from all this sugar. Or can it? Here are a few character education ideas: Tithe it. Create a Kindness Jar. Send it to ...
Review: Do You Know What’s In the Bible?
Pin It Beanbags? Check. Double chair for Mommy and Daddy to snuggle? Check. TV and DVD player? Check. Popcorn? Double check. (Actually quadruple check because it takes four bags to get us through one movie!) Add a DVD and you have a coveted Family Movie Night. And if it is a What's in the Bible? DVD, you have a ...
What’s in the Bible OT DVD Set – $50 off
I just found out about an offer on the entire "What's in the Bible?" Old Testament DVD set. This includes nine DVD's from Genesis to the Prophets. TODAY ONLY - You can get all nine DVD for $84.99 and free shipping!!!! This is a $50 discount. Tomorrow, you can still use the discount code but it will be $25 off the new price. This offer is no ...
Placing the ABCJLM Curriculum in a 2012-2013 Calendar
Several questions have been asked about the official start date of the ABCJLM curriculum. While I have done my best to make it easy to figure, every few years we are thrown a curve ball. The 2012-2013 school year is one of those year. Thanksgiving is early and overlapping weeks don't fall in the normal pattern. Easter fluctuates so it ...
Hotel Rooms, Vacation, and Kids: 16 Tips to Success
Could we actually do this away from home? Live life as a family of six without our own beds? A local hotel voucher was just the ticket to answer our question, enabling us to be close to home and forgo the huge financial commitment. Call it a trial run. So we made our reservations, packed our bags, and began our first hotel visit. ...
Crafts: Months and Holidays
The 5 Year Curriculum contains a unit about holidays in Week 32. This is an activity and craft that I created to introduce the child to a major holiday for each month. Included in the list below are links to more ABCJLM Holiday ideas. Print the Calendar Wheel. Cut around the circle. Cut around the second circle and into the pie shape. Using ...
Review: The Princess Twins
When the UPS truck drives down our lane, it is like Christmas around here. These two little books were one of the latest deliveries. You may recognize the Princess Twins title from a review I did a few days ago. Part of the "I Can Read" set, the reader is swept away to the castle of Princesses ...
Desperate to Declutter: Master Bedroom Day 3
Master Bedroom Closet? Check. Master Bedroom? On today's list. The longer that I am married and the older our kiddos get, the more important our bedroom becomes. It is our quiet zone. Our place of rest. Our little sanctuary. In the mornings, it is the place that I come to the feet of my ...