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My son loves word searches. They are a fun way for kids to become familiar with unfamiliar words. He’s been refreshing his memorization of the books of the Bible, so I made these word searches to help him. Want to use the word searches with your kids? There’s a word search for the Old Testament…
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Learning the Books of the Bible with FREE Printable
Learning with books of the Bible in order, learn to spell them, and work on handwriting all at once with this FREE Kids in the Word Wednesday Printable.
Learn the Books of the Bible with Copywork
Writing something down is one of the best ways to help you remember it. When my oldest son was learning the books of the Bible, I had him trace and copy the book names. This helped him become familiar with the books, but it also helped him learn to spell them and worked on his…
Our Favorite Ways to Stay Warm and Save Money in the Winter
Making our budget balance is hard work. We moved from North Carolina back to California recently and that choice required some sacrifices. In order to make ends meet, we have to find ways to cut back on even the most basic of our expenses, including heating and cooling. It’s fair to say that even here in…
Playing Favorites With Your Kids
I am a momma of five kids. 5 kids. FIVE kids. It doesn’t matter how I say it, or the number of times I say it…I still have five kids. To me, that is a lot of kids. Some families have many, many more children, and I also realize that some people don’t have that…
Helping Children Through Family Crisis
This has been a very hard year at my house. We have had to help our children through one family crisis after another. Lots of scary medical things have happened. It would have been easy for my children’s faith to become battered and torn. It truly has been a family crisis of epic…
Praying with Kids
Praying with your children is a powerful faith practice. Teaching children to nurture their relationship with God by continually being in conversation together is so very important. Figuring out how to do it, however, can sometimes be a challenge. Perhaps like many of you, prayer was part of my childhood rituals. Mealtime and bedtime prayers…
Seeds Family Worship: The Word of God
I love the Bible. I love music. And the two go together beautifully. A few years ago, I learned about Seeds Family Worship. We have a couple of their CDs and my boys love them. This is a big deal in our house because as much as I love music, my boys don’t like having…
10 Ways to Find Time With God
You want your kids to love the Lord and love His Word. We do too! That’s what Kids in the Word is all about, after all. However, we can’t teach our kids how to spend time with God if WE don’t spend time with God. Ouch, right? Do you have difficulty finding time to spend with God? Most…
A Pocketful of Thanks
On the heels of the fall season, an attitude of thanks begins to sweep America as we prepare for Thanksgiving Day and all the details and desires it may include. As a mother, I pray and search for ways I can better teach my sons how be grateful in general, but especially in November. We…