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Thumb Print Christmas Cards – FREE Printable

This year, the kids are part of a Christmas Card exchange with a few families from around the nation. Since one of the kiddos is too young to write and the other is still perfecting his handwriting skills, I decided to do an easy and fun thumbprint Christmas Card for them… and I’m sharing it with you too! Simply click on the photo below (or click HERE) to be directed to the download page, download the PDF, print out the card, cut it out and fold it in half. You can use a stamp pad or you can do what

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The Valley of Weeping

Dear mama, I see you. I see those tears that you shed over a sleepless night. I see those tears running down your cheeks as you talk to the Lord about your frustrations and desires. I see those tears of joy as you watch your child take his first step. I see those tears of aching as you drop your child off for his first day of school. I see those tears of pride as you watch your child walk down the aisle in her wedding dress. I see your tears of wonder as you hold your newborn grand baby

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Preschool – Letters K-M

Summer is in full swing… which means school is looking a little different for us. Oh we’re still learning, but those fun crafts and activities we’ve been doing have been replaced with lots of free time outside exploring, playing in the sprinkler and drawing with sidewalk chalk. Because our letter unit studies have taken a backseat to our outside times, I am going to group together the past few units and give you a glimpse into our summer learning style! Let’s start with the fundamentals. Books… books… and more books! We are still following The Peaceful Preschool reading plan and

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The Read Aloud Mom

Five years ago, when my son was only a few months old, I decided we needed to get out of the house. It had been a long winter with a newborn and spring was just starting to stretch it’s fingers into frozen Michigan. Armed with coats, blankets, a baby and a book under my arm, I marched out into our yard. As I spread the blanket across the ground, the grass was just starting to turn from brown to green. The tree we were laying under was beginning to shoot forth tiny buds that would quickly turn into leaves of

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Preschool – Letter J

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Matthew 5:22-23 Spring means strawberries here in Michigan… and it’s a good thing too since we read the Giant Jam Sandwich! Strawberries were dirt cheap this week, so I picked up a TON of strawberries at the store to make homemade strawberry jelly. The kids had a blast helping me cut the berries and squeeze the juice of out them. I tend to not be a fan of chunky jam (it’s a texture thing!), so we opted to

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