The Ericksons Family Bank. It's not FDIC insured, but if you know me -- it has a chart involved. :) My kids get allowance from the "family bank" Continue Reading
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Storing Food in General
Why do I store food? Honestly, I just can't STAND to be out of stuff. It's more of an OCD thing, then a Mormon thing -- although it may just come Continue Reading
Great to be Eight Brochure
I made a Great to be Eight brochure, that lists all the important info to turning eight in our primary. It took a little time, and I wanted to share Continue Reading
Primary Birthdays
Darn it, I had every intention of taking pictures of the primary birthday things I made, but then I handed them out....I found a few items on Continue Reading
Teaching Reading for Parents: Step 4 — BIG books
We're not talking War and Peace here, but it's time to move onto books with complete sentences. Maybe things that normal humans would say. Continue Reading
Teaching Reading to your kids: Step 3 — Sight Words
Teaching sight words is a great way for kids to feel good about themselves and words they just know. I think it's dumb to have steps, as all of Continue Reading
God Owns My Life.
I was reading back through some of my blog posts and I came across the one that was the day I realized that I needed to let God own my life.People had Continue Reading
Teaching Reading for parents: Step 2 — Small Books
Small books are my arch nemesis. Thankfully, they are small. Aka, short. As in, although it feels like it took them an hour to read it, it was less Continue Reading
Teaching Reading for parents: Step 1 — Sounds, Phonics
Reading isn't all about squirmy reading on the couch. A lot of it can be REALLY fun -- especially teaching letters! Learning sounds phonics can Continue Reading
5 Tips for Early Readers
I am just a mom who has had pretty good success teaching my 3 children how to read. Each time I thought it was a fluke. I think 3 times Continue Reading
