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What is it about Christmas Ornaments?

December 11, 2014homeschool material, homeschooling, mom, mom of toddlers, motherhood, Parentingadvice for moms, christian encouragement for moms, Christmas, homeschooling encouragement, new homeschooling mom, Teachers and Christmas, West Highland TerrierT.W. Allgaier

Christmas and the Ornaments

What is it about the ornaments?

We put our tree up last week and it seemed to take forever. Without mentioning the need to take out each individual branch, fluff it and place it within the correct letter coordinate…..it was about the ornaments.

After each ornament was upwrapped and tenderly placed on the table, I had to look at each one as I put it on the tree. My hubby was trying to help, but I made him stop so I could look at which one he had picked up. Continue reading What is it about Christmas Ornaments? →

TO Santa or NOT TO Santa?

December 1, 2014advice for parents, Christianity, creative teaching, homeschool material, mom, mom of toddlers, motherhood, Parenting, simple spiritual lessonsBiblical lesson, Biblical teaching, children, christian encouragement for moms, encouragement for moms, homeschooling mom, Is Santa real, new homeschooling mom, new mom, Parenting, raising children, Santa, Santa Claus, TEACHER MOMT.W. Allgaier

What About Santa?

Now that is a loaded question. I have had that question posed to me many times over the last few years. And I have always answered the same way. With grown sons all I can say is what we did, and it seemed to work for us.

Everyone is different and has to do what they feel led to do. No one can make that decision for any other family, I just share how we handled Santa. Continue reading TO Santa or NOT TO Santa? →

Thanksgiving Day Activities for Children

November 24, 2014homeschool material, homeschooling, mom, motherhood, simple spiritual lessons, Uncategorizedencouragement for moms, homeschooling mom, simple spiritual lesson, TEACHER MOM, ThanksgivingT.W. Allgaier

There are always plenty of activities for children the week of Thanksgiving. A simple Google search will produce a plethora of choices! So I will add a couple of my own.

Practice Thanksgiving more than the week of the holiday. That is good advice for all of us. Being thankful produces benefits for us that we aren’t totally aware of unless we are not doing it!

1 Chronicles 16:34 “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.” Continue reading Thanksgiving Day Activities for Children →