The Trinity confuses even adults, so when you’re tasked (or inspired) to teach the Trinity to a child, teenager, or new believer, it can be overwhelming. What’s a Mama to say when the questions start flowing? After all, God is confusing. Jesus is confusing. The Holy Spirit is REALLY confusing. Now you’re gonna tell me…
If you’re looking for things bored kids can do to entertain themselves, you’ve come to the right spot! Plenty of these boredom busters can be done independently while you tackle other Mama projects. My parents did not like to hear “I’m bored” when I was growing up, and now that I’m a parent, I totally…
The 2019-2020 school year was the first year that I implemented a seating arrangement in my classroom that was fully flexible. It also happened to be the year I finally really hit my stride with classroom management. I absolutely loved my flexible seating classroom, and I had far fewer behavior problems than in any previous…
Are you sick and tired of reorganizing your crayon storage at home? Got a stack of coloring books that no one is interested in? Or worse yet, do you just repeatedly buy brand new crayons? As a teacher, it was pretty rare that we got to do any coloring in third grade. Third is the…
My parents had really strict screen time rules when I was little. I remember so clearly that I got 30 minutes of tv a day in elementary school. I normally spent that watching Wheel of Fortune with my dad every evening. And I definitely didn’t watch a preschool show. Were they amazing parents!? Yes, they…
When I think back to my own magical upbringing, it wasn’t all about family night. Back then, our parents didn’t have Pinterest or Google to come up with a litany of family night ideas for spending time together. It’s just something we did without a ton of thought. At least, I don’t think they gave…
