Monday, September 13, 2021

Top Five Educational Shows for Preschoolers

*Post originally published on 1/29/19.  Enjoy! 



Super Why!


Dinosaur Train


Word World


Little Einsteins


The Cat in the Hat

What would you add to the list?

Friday, September 10, 2021

Weekend Links ll Sept 10, 2021












This Week:

What I'm Cooking:

My favorite dish this week was a family favorite: Stuffed Pepper Soup.  It continues to be hot here, but we just couldn't hold off on soup season any longer.  This soup is a good transitional dinner because it's not too heavy and comes through with some great late summer flavors.

What I'm Reading:

I was blessed to be a part of Sally Clarkson's new book launch team.  Help, I'm Drowning is her latest message to the world and it couldn't be more timely.  Planned prior to the pandemic, but written in 2020, the message of this book is very needed right now.  Can't wait to share my final thoughts with you.

What I'm Doing:

Well, we're not doing a whole lot as my husband and I are both recovering from C19.  The hardest part for both of us has been to regain our energy.  So our family time has been focused on read aloud and family game nights.  It's been a good time of bonding, but I think the kids are getting a little stir crazy.  :-)

What I'm Enjoying:

Christmas crafting,
cooler mornings before it heats up,
snuggling with the kitty,
fresh grapes,
a new water filter!

What are you up to?

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Christmas is Coming {Review}




 Monika Utnik-Strugala's book, Christmas is Coming, is a fun adventure around the world.  Highly informative, this book presents holiday traditions and history from the Americas, Europe, and a little bit of Asia and Australia.  Christmas is Coming covers some of the more well known traditions including Christmas trees, the Nutcracker, and Christmas carols.  There are also lesser known traditions like how nativity scenes came about and the tradition of hanging a Christmas tree upside down.  Does anyone know the purpose of this tradition?


This is such a wonderful, information-packed book.  Our plan is to utilize it in our morning basket time during the Advent season.  I would recommend reading a section each morning leading up to Christmas and planning some picture books or projects to go along with it.  This would be a great study to usher in the holidays.  And I can't wait to share I with my kids.

*Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.  All opinions are my own.
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