Good conversations are like windows; they help us see and be seen. Children can be fascinating conversationalists, but sometimes we grownups need a little help asking questions that will get kids talking. Conversations with your child create heart-to-heart connection. You get to learn what your child feels and thinks and what she experiences away from…
Posts Tagged: devotionals
Book Review—Faith Footprints With My Grandchild
With my grandchildren in two states, 750 miles apart, I don’t get to enjoy them together more than once or twice a year. But whenever they are together—even if I’m not present—the order of the day is “Get a picture of all four boys!” Well, at first there were only three. Then there were four….
An Interview with Author Carol McAdams Moore
Carol McAdams Moore loves Jesus, books, and kids—and connecting kids to Jesus through the books she writes. Her innovative preteen devotional for boys, Dare U to Open This Book, won the 2015 Selah Award for Children’s Literature. There’s an equally engaging girls’ devotional too, titled Just Sayin’. Carol’s a wife, mom, and soon-to-be…
Free Printable Charts and Matching Game for I AM: 40 Reasons to Trust God
A quick trip to visit the out-of-town grandboys = time to use the I AM: 40 Reasons to Trust God free printables! The coloring pages occupied Asher while Solomon and I organized the I AM matching game. Sol cut out the squares with the meanings of all forty names in the book. Then he chose…
A Guest Post by Allia Zobel Nolan
Allia Zobel Nolan My friend and fellow author Allia Zobel Nolan guest posts today! When I met Allia, we both worked for publishing houses that sometimes collaborated to create children’s books. One day Allia sent me an e-mail asking what Bible versions I read or would recommend. The next time we saw each other,…