image source by gesinek When our children were very young we started a tradition of creating food baskets for our neighbors for Christmas. Instead of just dropping the goodies by, we set up a time for the recipients to come to our home or for us to visit them (many are retired). With ten families on our list, we started late-November ...
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Fall is in the Air: Books and Activities for the Whole Family
Fall is such a wonderful time of year with fun crafts, engaging activities, precious books to read, and delicious recipes. Here are just a few to get you started. Pictured below is a fun Shape Pumpkin to combine Halloween, pumpkins, coloring, visual perception, fine motor practice, and shape recognition. (Shoo, that is a lot of ...
An Easter Activity Workbook: Take Me to the Cross
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Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear: My New Favorite Emotions Book
Included in the decorating for Christmas is gathering all of our Christmas books and placing them on the hearth. Before nap, for bedtime, or on a whelm, we can easily grab one of our favorite Christmas classics to read. (See a list of our favorite Christmas books.) Yesterday, Little Man grabbed Merry Christmas Big Hungry Bear to read. This ...
Cuddle Up with a Good Christmas Book
sources Last year I shared a compiled list of your and our favorite Christmas books. While these are great to read before bedtime, some of you shared that you are going to use the list as a Countdown to Christmas Book Activity. Pre-wrapping 25 individual books, your family unwraps one book each day to read. Love it! Today I want to ...
Lego Christmas Activity: Impressing Christ in Christmas
UPDATE: This workbook has been complete remodeled and updated! See the updated Christmas Activity Workbook here. Our kiddos know the Christmas story backward and forward. They hear it at home, church, and in books. In the past few years, we've done the basic Christmas activities and advent calendars. They can tell about ...
Insider Tips to Packing a Shoebox Filled with Love for Operation Christmas Child
Update: This post continues to be popular because of its helpful information. But because it was written in 2014, some of the information may have changed. Please check the Operation Christmas Child site for the most accurate information. I love getting to know the members of the ABCJLM Family through your emails, blog comments, and ...
Christmas Craft: Glitter Angel
Here's another Christmas craft. Color and cut out the angel on the Angel Coloring Sheet. Glue to a piece of construction paper. Outline the angel with glue and sprinkle on glitter. Let dry. Discuss how the angel told Mary and Joseph that baby Jesus was going to be born. ...
Christmas Craft: Baby Jesus in the Manger
Another Christmas craft: Cut out the small baby Jesus from the baby Jesus template. On a piece of construction paper, glue enough small pieces of brown and yellow yarn to form a bed. Glue Baby Jesus into the bed. Glue Popsicle sticks around the baby to make a manger. See more Christmas activities on ...
How to Turn Halloween Candy into a Bible Lesson and Other Ideas to Do with Left Over Candy
All of this candy!!!! The do-not-waste-anything mentality inside of me won't let me throw it away. But seriously, I don't want my kids eating all of it. Heaven knows that I don't need it!! So, what do we do with it? I discovered a few ideas that I thought were perfect and wanted to pass along. Kindness Jar Fill a jar with ...