The countdown to Christmas is in full swing. If you’re anything like me, you’ve only just put your tree up, you still have presents to buy and cards to send. I’m definitely a last-minute shopper, but I also yearn to … Continue reading →
Looking for cards and puzzles you can use with your students? Here is a Christmas card for kids with a wordsearch puzzle in it about the very first Christmas when baby Jesus was born. You can click here to download … Continue reading →
A Shepherd’s Dinner is a fun family activity that the youngest (and oldest) family members can enjoy. The night Jesus was born, the shepherds “watched their flocks at night” (Luke 2:8) You and your family are about to become some … Continue reading →
My daughter, Teri McKinley, and I have been co-authoring books for the past few years. Her husband encouraged us to write a Christmas picture book so we started brainstorming. The Christmas story (of course) is original to the Bible. It … Continue reading →
I wear many hats – children’s author, mom, teacher, and grandmother. For a long time, I taught children with hearing loss, and every book I used with them I had to scrutinize for clear vocabulary, sequence, understandable sentence structure, and … Continue reading →
It’s been about three years since Janice D. Green invited me to join the Christian Children’s Authors team, almost three years since my first post on this blog. As the lone representative from ‘Down-Under’ during that time it’s been a wonderful privilege to share … Continue reading →