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Christmas or Hanukkah
A Great Christmas or Hanukkah Book! My children attended a Christian school which had Jewish children who celebrated Hanukkah. I remember my children coming home and telling me they wanted to be...
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Sharing Christian Books with Children
Don’t you just love exploring a bookstore with your kids? The charm of new books, the comfy places to sit and read, the excitement of reading new stories… and the list could could on forever. But some...
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Christmas Hustle and Bustle-seeking calm
Christmas-finding simplicity By Karen Whiting Tick. Tock. The countdown is on and stores continue to remind us of how many days are left until Christmas. We are hopefully taking time with children to...
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Not That Elf Again!
Is there not a better way to help our children enjoy Christmas without that naughty little elf who plays wretched pranks when the kids aren’t looking.? After a little research I found that “YES!”...
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A fond farewell from Down-Under.
It’s been about three years since Janice D. Green invited me to join the Christian Children’s Authors team, almost three years since my first post on this blog. As the lone representative from...
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The Story of Christmas – A Book Review
I wear many hats – children’s author, mom, teacher, and grandmother. For a long time, I taught children with hearing loss, and every book I used with them I had to scrutinize for clear vocabulary,...
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What is the Gospel?
Can you summarize the entire gospel in one sentence? Just one sentence? The word gospel means good news. And the gospel is indeed good news. But the meaning of this good news sometimes gets lost in our...
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M is for Manger Board Book
My daughter, Teri McKinley, and I have been co-authoring books for the past few years. Her husband encouraged us to write a Christmas picture book so we started brainstorming. The Christmas story (of...
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Making Jesus Accessible to Littles
But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” Luke 18:16 NIV My one-year-old grandson’s...
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How to Host a Shepherd’s Dinner
A Shepherd’s Dinner is a fun family activity that the youngest (and oldest) family members can enjoy. The night Jesus was born, the shepherds “watched their flocks at night” (Luke 2:8) You and your...
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What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder?
Anger in Children Oppositional Defiant Disorder: is that a fancy name for the terrible twos? Or does it instead refer to the age when teenagers defy their parents about almost anything on a daily...
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Save Educational Gifts for New Year’s Day
When our children were little we started a new tradition to celebrate the New Year. We read about creation and newness in the Bible and then we celebrated new starts. This included giving children (or...
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Christmas card and puzzles for kids
Looking for cards and puzzles you can use with your students? Here is a Christmas card for kids with a wordsearch puzzle in it about the very first Christmas when baby Jesus was born. You can click...
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Special Needs Resource for Parents and Teachers
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to...
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Singing Carols with Children
Do you sing carols with your children? I don’t just mean at church, but do you sing them, or have them playing on a stereo in your home? My home when growing up was filled with music…hymns and...
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Seven Family Activities Around the Christmas Tree
The countdown to Christmas is in full swing. If you’re anything like me, you’ve only just put your tree up, you still have presents to buy and cards to send. I’m definitely a last-minute shopper, but I...
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Three Reasons to Give Kids Devotionals
Devotionals are popular gifts at birthdays and Christmas. Perhaps you are wrapping up your shopping for a child or preteen. Your family may be following the four gift tradition: something they want,...
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Praying Hearts
Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee. I love the Christmas season, but the commercialism brings out the selfishness in all of us. Selfishness is the default response of our natural human nature. Little children have...
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Believing Like Mary
Labyrinthby Ignacio Bernal_flickr.com_8118647942_CC BY ND 2.0 “Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished.” Luke 1:45 Preparing for Advent, I’m drawn to...
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Santa and Me
Though I titled this post Santa and me, I’m not sure we’re actually in a relationship. Sorry. Santa and I have had an on again, off again relationship most of my life. More off than on, really. I don’t...
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