Purpose “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that will prevail.” – Proverbs 19:21 What is a purpose of life? Helping children find their purpose at a young age will only aid in their sense of importance. Why are they important? They were created by God. They were created in a unique way with very special talents and gifts to bring to the… {Read More}
Teaching Kids Humility
Humility “He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble His way.” – Psalm 25:9 In our character development series, teaching kids humility is the goal this week. Being humble doesn’t necessarily come naturally and needs to be taught. The confession here is that humility was actually our character quality for last week, and I’m just getting to it now. Sorry! I’ll be still moving forward and… {Read More}
How to Gain Wisdom – Craft for Teaching Kids
Wisdom “For the Lord gives wisdom, and from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.” – Proverbs 2:6 Wisdom seems like such an adult word, but I do believe you can teach wisdom to children. Today we did a craft together, which yielded long term results. I decided to do something more substantial that we could keep and display as a reminder of how to receive true wisdom. As I was considering… {Read More}
Is Their Hope Among the Oklahoma Tornado Tragedies?
I have never claimed to be a writer. That really isn’t what my blog is about. It’s about equipping parents with tools and ideas that inspire better parenting. However, I feel like I have created a platform. When tragedies strike and while I am trying to process things, I feel like it might be helpful to speak out and give my own personal reflections on the tragedy. I am no… {Read More}
Day #362 Hope in Scripture – Character Development, Week #53
Hopeful And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. – Romans 5:5 I love Jeremiah 29:11, and I have wanted to highlight it this week with the girls and you. “‘I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE… {Read More}
Day #361 Hope in our Kids – Character Development, Week #53
Hopeful And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. – Romans 5:5 We have hope. We have hope mostly because of Jesus and what he did for us. We also have hope because we have seen God keep his promises throughout all time and have faith he will continue to keep his promises.… {Read More}
Day #360 Hopefulness with Goals – Character Development, Week #53
Hopeful And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. – Romans 5:5 Part of having hope and anticipation for the future is learning to make and accomplish goals. I talked with my kids about having something to look forward to in the future makes us hopeful. We then created some goals of our own.… {Read More}
Day #359 Hopeful About God’s Qualities – Character Development, Week #53
Today I wanted to focus on the qualities of God. The only reason to truly have hope is because of God and who He has proven himself to be. Today, we told them the qualities of God (underlined and in bold). After each quality read, they would shout, “We have hope!” When more explanation was needed, it was given. God is a spirit. John 4:24. God is there even if He… {Read More}
Day #357 “I Will” Statements for Hopeful – Character Development, Week #53
Hopeful And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. – Romans 5:5 We have now adopted “I Will” statements for our character development series. We made this cute board to highlight the focus phrases. I got the idea for “I Will” Statements from “Character First,” a character based curriculum. Although I haven’t used a lot… {Read More}
Day #356 Hopeful Word Ring – Character Development, Week #53 (Yes, I’m off)
Hopeful And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. – Romans 5:5 Definition: feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event Reason Chosen: I love the thought of ending 2012 on the word “hopeful.” God has given us a lot of reason to hope. We want to look to the future with anticipation,… {Read More}
Day #286 Consistency and Being Even Keeled – Character Development, Week #41
Consistency “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadiest, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” – 2 Corinthians 15:58 I grew up with a dad who enjoys sailing, so I understand the purpose and importance of a keel. Discover boating says of a keel “it prevents the boat from being blown sideways by the wind, and it holds… {Read More}
Day #285 Consistency in Life – Character Development, Week #41
Consistency “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadiest, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” – 2 Corinthians 15:58 I want my kids to understand what consistency looks like in different aspects of their lives, so today we looked at consistency in our relationship with God, our relationship with others, our behavior, our house work and our school work.… {Read More}
Day #284 Consistency Like God – Character Development, Week #41
Consistency “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadiest, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” – 2 Corinthians 15:58 The Bible teaches that God is consistent. We can rely on his character because it is a constant. James 1:17 says, “Every good an perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,… {Read More}
Day #283 Consistency in the Scientific Process – Character Development, Week #41
Consistency “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadiest, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” – 2 Corinthians 15:58 I was trying to think of things that take consistency. I thought about the scientific process and the importance of consistency as you are conducting your experiment. I wanted to come up with a kid friendly science experiment and came… {Read More}
Day #282 Consistency and Role Playing – Character Development, Week #41
Consistency “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadiest, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” – 2 Corinthians 15:58 My kids can be black and white in their mood. They can be laughing and playing in one moment and then completely fall apart in the next. We can ask them to go to the stairs until they have a… {Read More}
Day #281 Consistency “I Will” Statements – Character Development, Week #41
Consistency “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadiest, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” – 2 Corinthians 15:58 We have now adopted “I Will” statements for our character development series. We made this cute board to highlight the focus phrases. I got the idea for “I Will” Statements from “Character First,” a character based curriculum. Although I haven’t used a… {Read More}
Day #238 Sincerity in Action – Character Development, Week #34
Sincerity comes most through heart that leads to action. To represent this, I cut out hearts. When I saw my kids doing something that seemed sweet and sincere, I wrote this action in the heart. I kept watch constantly, being able to comment and acknowledge their hard work in being a sincere person whose actions come from the heart.
Day #237 Sincerity in Apologies – Character Development, Week #34
Sincerity “Love one another deeply, front the heart.” – 1 Peter 1:22b My kids have been struggling to apologize with a sincere heart. The apology is thrown out there with no real meaning behind it. We do a recipe for apologizing that looks like this: Person 1: I’m sorry for… Person 2: I forgive you. Person 3: How can I make it better? Person 4: You can…(give me… {Read More}
Day #236 Sincerity Role Playing – Character Development, Week #34
Sincerity “Love one another deeply, front the heart.” – 1 Peter 1:22b I love role playing with kids. It’s a fun way to train pre-emptively without having things as a lecture. Today, I whispered in the girls’ ears a scenario where they might need some sympathy or love. Then, the other one was suppose to respond with sincerity. Is it cheating to just “act” sincere. Does that go against everything… {Read More}
Day #235 Sincerity by Learning to ask Questions – Character Development, Week #34
Sincerity “Love one another deeply, front the heart.” – 1 Peter 1:22b Have you ever played the question game? The concept is simple. You can only ask questions. You look at someone, and you ask a question. They cannot answer. They cannot laugh. They cannot respond in any other way than asking a question back. You keep going until someone messes up. The goal is to throw someone off… {Read More}
Day #234 – Sincerity with God
If you can’t be sincere when talking to God, who created you and knows you through and through, who can you be sincere with? I wanted to start this week off teaching my girls how to be sincere as they talk to their Father in heaven. First, I read for them Matthew 6: 5-14 and simplified it for them with some explanation as well. Here’s the passage: Prayer 5 “And… {Read More}
Day #233 Sincerity “I Will” Board – Character Development, Week #34
Sincerity “Love one another deeply, front the heart.” – 1 Peter 1:22b We have now adopted “I Will” statements for our character development series. We made this cute board to highlight the focus phrases. I got the idea for “I Will” Statements from “Character First,” a character based curriculum. Although I haven’t used a lot of their content, I wanted to give them credit for this idea. Our four phrases this week… {Read More}
Day #232 Sincerity Word Ring – Character Development, Week #34
Sincerity “Love one another deeply, from the heart.” – 1 Peter 1:22b Definition: the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical Reason Chosen: We want to teach our kids to be genuine in how they are feeling and responding to people. Jesus taught the two most important things are to love God and love people. Loving people needs to come from a genuine place. I want… {Read More}
