Teaching My (Young) Kids to Have Servant Hearts
Guest Post by Leigh Ann of Meal Baby One of my goals as a parent is to teach my children to love with a servant heart. However, as mom to a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old, it is often difficult to…
Orange Your Glad You Have Leftovers?
Guest Post by Erica of Nature Girl Wellness Busy families need simple strategies to get healthy food onto their families plates quickly and easily. As a Health Coach, I love helping families find simple ways to prep and cook…
Easter Egg Nest Tower
Guest Post by Sarah of Repeat Crafter Me You’ve spent the afternoon dying Easter eggs with your kids and now you want to show them off. This Easter Egg Nest Tower is a simple DIY project that will let…
Financial Literacy for Littles
Guest Post by Marnie of Carrots are Orange I spent a decade in the financial field, most recently experiencing the difficult economic times over the last several years only highlighting the need for teaching our children how to be…
5 Things to Fill Your Child’s Easter Basket (besides candy)
Looking for something besides candy to fill your child’s Easter basket with? Here are just a few ideas! Keep in mind, I’m not suggesting you include ALL of these items…but this list should at least give you a few…
Flower Patterning with Lemongrass-Scented Playdough
We had lots of fun making and playing with this playdough. And I absolutely love the fresh scent of the lemongrass essential oil (which I already had on hand from the Natural Mosquito Spray we made last year)! There…
Show-and-Share Saturday Link Up!
There were 71 awesome ideas shared last week! Here are just a few… I love this idea from Celebrate Every Day with Me on how to hollow an egg to save as a keepsake! It would be so fun to…
Learning Sight Words
Guest Post by Julie of Make, Take, & Teach After your child learns the letters and sounds of the alphabet, the next step in learning to read is learning sight words. Being able to recognize sight words is…
A Frog Thing
Guest Post by Rose of Live.Laugh.Eat.Teach One of my favorite children’s books is a book called A Frog Thing written by Eric Drachman and illustrated by James Muscarello. This beautiful book is about a frog named Frank that wants to…
Book Treasures
Guest Post by Malia of Playdough to Plato Several years ago, I was working on reading with one of my kindergarteners. The little girl was bright. She already read stories at a second grade reading level and always…
Caterpillar Art for Early Childhood
Guest Post by Shelisa of Think Magnet Kids After reading The Hungry Caterpillar for the 36th time this particular week, it’s no wonder we decided to make caterpillars for an art project which doubled as our Mother’s Day cards…
5 Things Fathers Should Teach Their Little Boys
1. How to wrestle and roughhouse. There are a lot of things us moms do well, but wrestling and roughhousing are not normally on the top of the list. Boys need to learn how to roughhouse for a variety of reasons….
Show-and-Share Saturday Link Up!
There were SO MANY fun ideas shared last week. Because today is St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I would share a few of my favorite St. Patrick-themed ideas. It’s not too late to try some of these out! Toddler…
Winners of the “What’s in the Bible?” Bundles (and a discount for everyone else)
Out of 475 comments, the three winners of the What’s in the Bible? Volumes 1-3 Bundles (via random.org) are… Comment #263: Christine who said, “As a Catholic i am not the most proficient bible reader, but I think these videos…
Home Security and an Alternative to Home Phone Service
Since my husband took his current job 3 years ago, I have wanted a security system. He is gone at least once a month on business, which I know isn’t a lot for most people but in the 5 years…
Is All White Food “Bad” for You?
Guest Post by Erica of Nature Girl Wellness Recently, a Mom interested in feeding her family healthy food asked me, “Is it true that you should avoid all white food to have a healthy diet?” Not necessarily. I understood her…
1-Minute Microwave Eggs
Our boys love to eat eggs. But I, quite frankly, do not enjoy cooking scrambled eggs (have I told you how much of a morning person I am NOT?). Plus, you have to wash the pan and use a dozen…
What’s in the Bible? :: Product Review & Giveaway (3 winners)
*Sorry, this giveaway has ended. Check back for more great giveaways.* What’s in the Bible? is a DVD series created by Phil Vischer, one of the creators of Veggie Tales. This series is unlike any other because it walks…