Do you enjoy cooking with your children? Or maybe you’d like to start but aren’t sure where to begin? Getting kids involved in the kitchen provides a myriad of benefits: It’s a language-rich environment that will boost your child’s vocabulary and increase other literacy skills, including print awareness and building narratives. Reading and following recipes …
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I love taking a bit of time during the holiday season to add a personal touch to gift wrap. Since my older daughter loves to sew I decided to create some festive gift tags that she could embroider alongside me. These are so simple to create, lots of fun to personalize, and I think they …
Hey guys! I recently posted a picture of my daughter’s latest embroidery project — a biome map of Africa — on Instagram and I received a lot of questions about it. So I thought I’d do a really quick tutorial on how we made our biome maps in case you’d like to undertake this type …
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“If I were to establish a primary principle, it would be to constantly allow the child’s participation in our lives. To extend to the child this hospitality, to allow him to participate in our work can be difficult, but it costs nothing. Our time is a far more precious gift than material objects,” said Maria …
I can’t believe it’s already the week of Thanksgiving! Or that my youngest will be celebrating her first birthday in a few more weeks! We’ve had a pretty busy year around here, and unfortunately I wasn’t able to do many blog updates but I’m really hoping to figure out how to devote more time to …
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. // Luke 2:4 For the seventh day of Advent, I created a simple yarn-wrapped Star of David. It’s an extremely easy DIY project, but wrapping …
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15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had …
