Let’s Talk Ancient History for Kids!
Lately I’ve been researching ancient history. I’ve explored timelines and primary sources and poems and cuneiform tablets. It’s fun!
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7 ways stories grow like plants
Did you know that stories grow like plants? At least fruitful stories that grow in the hearts of your readers do. When I do author visits to schools, churches, or homeschool groups, I am sometimes asked to conduct a writing … Continue reading →
Middle Grade Fiction Your Child Will Love
Amanda Cleary Eastep is back with the latest installments of the Tree Street Kids, a new Middle Grade series by Moody Publishers. If you’re looking for a funny, faith-based, educational, hope-filled, and light-hearted book series for your kids, you will … Continue reading →
The Youngest Disciple
As parents who want their children to grow up and love Jesus, we spend a lot of our time teaching them to believe in Jesus. But what we don’t do often enough is teach our children that Jesus believes in … Continue reading →
Five Back-to-School Tips and Three Back-to-School Books
For many young families, school is just around the corner. This is an exciting time for children, but it can bring a lot of anxiety as well. Will they like their teacher? Will their best friend be in their class? … Continue reading →
Jesus as a Lamb. A book to explain it all.
When children hear of Jesus as a lamb they do not always understand why. Just ask a few of them why they think Jesus is called the lamb of God. I once asked several students this question and heard answers like “Lambs are gentle like Jesus”, “Lambs are loving”, and even “Because Jesus is the shepherd”. Obviously, I had some work to do in helping them understand this important name of Jesus.
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