I believe that flannelgraph is one of the best ways to teach preschool age children about the Bible. Not only do children hear the stories, they see them, and get to be part of the story which enables visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning when a child assists in placing the flannelgraph items on the board. This takes learning to the very ...
Impressing on Children
Is Your Child Ready to Begin Kindergarten?
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ABCJLM Memory Verse Cards
With my added desire to fill my heart and the heart of my kiddos with God's word, I have put together Memory Verse Cards for the ABC Jesus Loves Me Curriculum. Each card contains the verse, reference, a corresponding picture, and a piggyback song or CD to sing the verse. Also listed is the curriculum and week that the verse is used in the ...
Review: The Beginner’s Bible CD Set
Pictures that the kids enjoy looking through. Short sentences that keep the kids’ interest. Biblically sound stories. The Beginners Bible continues to be our favorite children’s Bible. I was excited to see that Zonderkidz has created our favorite Bible on CD in the Beginner's Bible Deluxe Edition. All of the 94 stories are read ...
Run, Sun, They Both Say “Un”
A year ago, I wrote a blog about Bubs struggling with rhyming words. Fearing he would begin kindergarten still not hearing the rhyming sounds, we intentionally worked with fun words to help him hear the sounds. I was thrilled when Bubs' kindergarten teacher taught him a little rhyme to help. ____, _____ They both say _____. (clap) Here is ...
Forgiveness
I love the simplicity of this activity that I came up with to discuss forgiveness. This activity has been added to Week 8 of the 4 Year Curriculum's study of Joseph and Forgiveness. Gather black pompoms and print off the Heart Template. Discuss that sin is the bad choices we make. Sin is like black spots on our heart. Take turns naming a ...
Candy Cane Poem
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Craft: 10 Lepers
If this is your first visit to our blog, welcome! We hope that you will stay awhile and check out the rest of Our Out-of-Sync Life Blog as well as our Free Preschool Curriculum website - ABCJesusLovesMe.com. Thanks for stopping by! When teaching the Bible to children, I constantly try to think of ways to make the story applicable and age ...
Review: Charlie Church Mouse Preschool Computer Game
My kids love, love, love this computer game. My mom found the Charlie Church Mouse computer programs for us. After trying one of the Cd-Rom's, I contacted the company to review the rest of the programs that they have available. I knew that we had found a good thing. The Charlie Church Mouse Preschool Cd is geared for kids ages 2-4. ...
Teaching the Wordless Book with Flannelgraph
The Betty Lukens Through the Bible Flannelgraph set has almost every Bible story that you would want. There are even sets to tell about the 2nd Coming of Jesus and Heaven. And if there is a story you want to tell but it isn't included in the manual, simple tweaking can you usually get you what you need. Even to teach the Wordless Book! Using ...