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Celebrating the Release of Snuggle Time Bible Stories With a Giveaway!
Announcing a brand-new addition to the Snuggle Time board book family! Like the three titles before it, Snuggle Time Bible Stories is a padded cover board book, written in rhyme and perfect for little...
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Nine Misconceptions About Love
We want love. We need love. More than one thousand song titles contain the word love. Books have been written about it. Poems recited. We chase it and sing about it and fall for imitations. And no...
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Bible Verse Activities for Kids-Verses About Love
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it seemed a good time to look at two of the many verses in the Bible about love. Hopefully, the lives of the children we care for are full of love, from...
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Activities for Valentine’s Day
Over the years we have collected a lot of posts written for Valentine’s Day. So here’s a post with the links to them so you can find them easily. ~ Some games to play: Having Fun with Valentine’s Day...
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Last minute Valentines Day ideas
It’s Valentine’s Day. Whew! You’ve helped your kids get all their Valentines ready to take to all their classmates at school and you let out a sigh of relief when the task was completed. The kids are...
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Feeding Our Families
Have you noticed how large our families are? I don’t mean the number in our family. I’m referring to the size of our waists. I’d say we are a portly people. Could it be we have feasted on the king’s...
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Quinn’s Promise Rock
My friend Christie Thomas just released her first picture book, Quinn’s Promise Rock, and the response has been overwhelming. I am not surprised. Beautifully written and illustrated, this story touches...
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Recognizing God’s Love
Instilling in our children the experience of feeling and recognizing God’s love is one of the most important gifts we give them, especially for difficult times they will inevitably face. As we share...
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Book Review: Prayers for the Battlefield by Heidi St. John
■Author: Heidi St. John ■Pages: 176 ■Publisher: Tyndale Momentum ■ISBN-10: 149641277X ■ISBN-13: 978-1496412775 ■SRP: $12.99 ■Reviewed By: Cheryl Malandrinos A helpful resource for mothers. Rating: We...
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Take Inventory
I had such great plans for how I wanted to start the new year. Get organized. Declutter and simplify. Take inventory of where I am and where I want to be. But we’re already two months down and I...
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Bible Verse Activities for Kids-Psalm 66:1 and Romans 10:13
The world spends a lot of time telling kids how different we all are. There is always pressure to be more like so-and-so, to achieve more, to do more, to somehow be more. So for this set of verses, I...
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Lent: Turning Toward the One who Saves Us
Lent, the time in the church calendar that leads up to Easter, is a great time to help our kids discover the many ways we can grow in our faith. It’s a time when we consider our need for Christ’s...
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Introducing Good News! It’s Easter!
At first glance, the cover of this sweet new release from Discovery House might suggest that Good News! It’s Easter! is all about the bunny – but don’t be fooled. If you look beyond the bunny and trace...
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Satan Doesn’t Care If Our Children Are Too Young
When my children were young, I taught 6-7-year-old Sunday School. One Sunday the preschool teacher asked me if I taught the story of Sodom and Gomorrah to the children. I answered, “Yes, we try to...
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Bold and Blessed
Trinitee Stokes is a 12-year-old singer and actress from the Disney channel. She is best known for her role as Judy Cooper on the kids’ show K. C. Undercover, but also can be seen in several television...
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What Helps Children Feel Secure?
One of the most important traits for children to have in order to grow and develop as God intended is a sense of security. Psychologists such as Jim Taylor, PhD, say that children develop security when...
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Build Memories and Share Spiritual Truth With Your Child
Fun with play dough Do your children or grandchildren know how special they are? Here’s an idea to help them understand… 1. First, mix up a batch of homemade play-dough. (see recipe below) 2. Second,...
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April Fool!
When you least expect it, the phrase will ring out in a sing-song voice: “April Fool!” Giggles will proclaim you’re the unsuspecting victim of a prank. Or maybe you’re the schemer, stifling a laugh as...
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Bible Verse Activities for Kids-Matthew 6:24 and Deuteronomy 6:5
As we approach Easter, one thing that is on my mind are the choices Jesus made. He chose to come to earth. He chose to live a simple life. He chose Judas to be an apostle, knowing what he would one day...
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Review: The Adventures of Gamrie Tickle
Summary This first book of Aletheia Short Stories includes 7 stories about Gamrie Tickle – a character from the Aletheia Adventure Series. Follow the excitement, mishaps, and fantastic adventures of...
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