teaching children

(This is scanned from a “FaithHome for Parents” brochure that my church hands out. See details at the end.)
It has been a month since Dad died. Aaron is six years old and in the first grade. His sister, Ayanna, is ten years old and in the fourth grade.
Aaron is no longer doing well in [...]

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This webpage is being created in the wake of the 7th anniversary of 9/11. Here ideas, suggestions and resources will be listed to aid in discussing this somber topic with children. It will be added to including other related topics and ideas as time goes on, but for now I’ll start with this [...]

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Keep the cards with the gifts as they unwrap them or write a list as they unwrap them so you can remember who gave what when it comes time to write thank you notes.
For babies you can get some blank or thank you note cards and add the baby’s thumbprint along with a nice thank-you [...]

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Homeschooling is becoming more and more prevelant as the challenges to meet individual students’ needs increase. Some good friends of mine, Lori and Brad, have a daughter, Leah, with Down’s Syndrome. The public school Leah was attending claimed to be able to meet Leah’s special needs but in the end failed to meet [...]

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