Looking for inspiring and engaging books to read as a family this Christmas? We have compiled a list of what we consider to be the best Christmas books for kids! Â From babies to tweens, these books will captivate our kids with the spirit of Christmas! Â These are just a few of the many Christmas…
When trying to explain the importance of veterans and our active duty military to our youngest citizens, books are always an excellent resource! These picture books about Veterans Day offer the perfect opportunity for instilling respect and appreciation for these heroes! In the United States, we celebrate Veterans Day on November 11th every year….
This post is sponsored by Audible. All opinions are 100% mine. Audible Books For Kids My husband has been a huge fan of Audible for some time now. He drives a lot for his job, so he will often listen to an audiobook in lieu of music or the radio. As you can imagine, he…
First published Sept 2011. Updated 2019. Reading regularly with your child is critical to their development in many ways. There is no better way to increase vocabulary, teach literacy fundamentals, and expose your child to images and words to which they would otherwise not be exposed. While monsters can be a scary topic for…
First published May 2011. Updated 2019. I’ll be honest. I was never a huge fan of wordless picture books as a teacher and I’m not really sure why. Perhaps it was because I was too concerned with the “nuts and bolts” of how to teach a child to read? But now that I have…
Looking for some fun children’s books about camping for home or for a preschool camping theme? Here are just a few camping books for preschoolers that we enjoy reading… Children’s Books About Camping Our Favorite Camping Books For Toddlers & Preschoolers: Â 1. Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer This is a sweet camping…
My 10 Best Books 2018 The older I get, the more voracious my appetite for books has become. According to my GoodReads profile, I have read a total of 53 books in 2018…nearly one book every week! That is, by far, the most I have ever read in any given year. Perhaps my sudden thirst…
Paint With Water Books Around the same time that I had the idea to make homemade watercolors, I was cleaning up books off the floor…one of which happened to be an ANCIENT “Paint with Water” book my grandma found in HER basement and gave to the boys (circa 1979). Seriously, this thing is vintage… …
Books of The Bible Activities First published August 2015. Updated 2017. A few years ago, our church adopted a new rotation model curriculum. One of the goals of our new curriculum is for the students to know the Word of God as intimately as possible. We hope to achieve this though memory work and knowing…
This parenting gig is hard. It is certainly not for the faint of heart. Each stage brings new joys and new challenges…and just when you think you have it all figured out, our kids go and grow up on us. Since I first found out I was expecting our first child, I have…
Last year I made a Books of the Bible Puzzle as a hands-on way for kids at our church to remember the order of the books of the Bible. I thought it was time for a new activity and found inspiration from our Ping Pong Alphabet Bounce. Here’s what you’ll need: Â ping pong…
Our children are truly blessed with the world’s greatest grandparents. Both my parents and my husband’s parents are simply crazy about their grandkids. It brings us so much joy to see our parents love our children so intensely. Since we live within a few miles of both sets of grandparents, they have a unique relationship…
We are diving headfirst into learning about the human body this summer (just for fun)! After our blood demonstration, the boys are especially intrigued! Here are some of our favorite books about the human body as well as some that were new to us! The Amazing Human Machine by Lori C. Froeb We recently…
My heart is so very heavy as I write this. A friend of mine has a child recently diagnosed with cancer. It is a time of unfathomable pain and worry for the whole family. In times like this, where I don’t know what to do or how to help, I search for books that…
We live in an imperfect world. At times it even seems cruel and dangerous. As much as I want to raise my children to believe that every person is good and loving, unfortunately this is not the case. I want my children to always look for the good in people, but also know just…
This post is obviously for older kids, most appropriate for 3rd to 5th graders. Our church is in the process of adopting a new curriculum that needs a lot of additional supplementing, so I have been working on writing the second unit that includes Noah and Babel. The new curriculum is a workshop-based rotation…
Our local library is having their annual Scholastic Book Fair this week, so the boys and I picked up a few new books that were all so good, I just had to share! Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems This fractured fairy tale is hilarious. Your young child may not understand the…
Summer is the time for road trips. Hearing these two simple words together could elicit a wide variety of emotions, ranging from wonderful memories in the car as a family to a bit of anxiety as you remember listening to your child scream for hours on end (both extremes that I myself have experienced)….
