5 Tips for Including Young Children in the Kitchen {while still staying productive!}
It’s 5 o’clock and you know bellies are going to be rumbling soon. It’s time to make dinner. You start pulling food out of the fridge and pans out of the cupboard. It isn’t long before you hear the patter of little feet and a small but willing voice asking, “Can I help?” The only problem is…
Read MoreThank Goodness God’s Not Like Me
Bitter words they can’t really even comprehend pour out of my mouth. “Kids! Please just play nicely! Everyone will have so much more fun if we treat others how we want to be treated.” “That’s it! Time out! Now. You’re done.” “You see? I told you this was going to happen if you didn’t listen to me!”…
Read MoreTwo Simple Things That Have Made A Big Difference In Our Family
When the new year rolled around, like millions of others, my husband and I sat down to discuss what areas we felt needed improvement. Being the imperfect creatures we are, the list ended up being quite long! We started January with high hopes to make some changes – both personally and for our family. We…
Read MoreInsta-Study: A Simple Bible Study through the Book of Ephesians
Struggling to be consistent in reading the Word? I sure am! And when I do sit down and read, I often walk away feeling like I didn’t retain a single word! Then, a few weeks ago I read about a method where you read the same book over and over again for a long period of…
Read MoreThe ULTIMATE Round-Up of Resources for Teaching Toddlers about God
To celebrate the completion of our Play Through The Bible series I have brought together over 75 different resources from across the web that can help you as you strive to raise your little one to follow God. From Bible memory to learning how to sit still in church, this list has you covered! If…
Read MoreHoly Week – Play Through The Bible – Week 25
Week 25 of Play Through The Bible is our final week! I cannot believe we’ve made it all the way through! For this last week, I decided to combine all the Holy Week stories into one unit. It made it a lot easier for us to get the whole story that way. Sorry this…
Read MoreThe Prodigal Son – Story and Activity to go with The Jesus Storybook Bible
Today we are joining up with the Jesus Storybook Bible Blog Hop one last time to bring you an activity to go along with the story of the Prodigal Son, found in The Jesus Storybook Bible as “Running Away” on page 272. The story of the Prodigal Son is such a great one! Reading this…
Read MoreZacchaeus – Play Through The Bible – Week 24
Week 24 of Play Through The Bible is the story of Zacchaeus meeting Jesus. K really liked this story. Something about a little guy climbing a tree really sparked his interest! I really enjoyed this week as well. There was so much to talk about and do! I hope you and your little one enjoy…
Read More5 Ways to Teach Your Toddler About God
Today I’m over at Intentional By Grace sharing 5 tips I’ve learned over the last year about how to teach your toddler about God. Here’s a sneak peak… Toddlers. You’ve got to love them. Wild balls of energy with short attention spans and an even shorter ability to sit still. Logic means nothing to them,…
Read MorePreschool Room Tour
A few weeks back I was having an Instagram conversation with someone about the space we use to do all our preschool crafts and activities. If you follow me on Instagram, or have read some of our Play Through The Bible posts, you might have noticed some of what we’ve done with the room. Because of…
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