Growing & Learning in Faith
Is there a toddler on earth who does not love the gumball machine? I don’t think so. My toddler loves plugging in the quarters, turning the knob, and watching the gumball drop. We currently reserve a quarter each time we go for a grocery run. So, I thought of recreating the gumball machine as a …
J’s current favorite show is Paw patrol and if you have a toddler at home, I’m sure it’s theirs too. I wanted to come up with simple easy setup bins that J loves for each day of the week before he started preschool. J had so much fun with each bin and enacted some of …
When J was about to turn 2 we created the Creation story curriculum with him, suitable for a 2 year old. Now J is turning 3 soon and I thought of doing a series of activities with him to teach him about the Fruits of the Spirit. I wanted to make my own curriculum for …
Our week of Gentleness had arrived and I was so excited to start this week. As any mom of a toddler, I want to teach mine to be gentle with his words and actions. This week at read a book or a story on gentleness and did an activity that went along with the story. …
We are on our Week 6 of our toddler ‘curriculum’. And this week is all about FAITH. As a mom, my main desire and prayer will be that my boys will grow up to know the Lord and be men of Faith. So this week, our activities were based on the stories of Faithfulness straight …
How do we teach faithfulness to our kids? For my almost 3 yr old toddler, the best way to learn is to show him examples, or by using pictures. So our activity included both -pictures to show what faithfulness means and showing him how to sort the right from wrong. SETUP You will need the …
Week 5 of this curriculum we are focusing on Kindness and Goodness. I decided to combine the 2 as it was more suitable for my toddler’s age. This week we read one main book for the day, and I had planned an activity that went along with the book’s theme. We mainly focused on Kindness …
If you are looking for a book to teach your kids about kindness, look no further, for this is it! You can find the copy on Amazon. The book talks about two types of people – bucket filters and bucket dippers. The concept of the book is, everyone we meet have an imaginary bucket and …
Our 4th week on Fruits of the Spirit and I was so excited for this week, because this was one area my toddler had lots to learn. As adults, we lose our patience constantly throughout the day, and I know it’s going to be a learning experience for J everyday of his life. Even before …
We are in Week 3 of our Fruits of the Spirit curriculum with J. To make J understand the importance of peace and Christ’s peace within, I had some activities to explain how we can live in harmony with those around us, and also to ask God to give us His peace in our hearts …
