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Writing Contest

Nanna — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:06:18 +0000

Please remember the writing contest which is going on over at our Children’s site . Please tell others as well!

Helping Children Grow

Nanna — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:46:08 +0000

PARENTS: “Fill your children’s minds with Scripture. Let the Word dwell in them richly. Give them the Bible, the whole Bible, even while they are young.” ~ J.C. Ryle

This was posted on the J.C. Ryle Facebook page today, and it seemed to be a good time to give a quick reminder that we’ve moved our children’s ministry from our main website to a new place. We still have our Speakables writing activities at that new site and hope to soon have another writing contest which will be hosted there. Visit the new blog, still under the theme of helping children to grow.

By the way, there is a riddle posted at the children’s site that you might want to take a stab at.

Maxine

Yet Another Change

Nanna — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:12:57 +0000

Changes, changes, changes. We’ve had an abundance of them lately, wouldn’t you say? The latest is this: we’re moving our children’s ministry to a new place of its own! It won’t be at our website anymore, and for those of you who appreciate the writing activities, puzzlers, devotionals, etc. for your kids, we wanted to let you know that helping children to grow is still important to us, but it seemed that with all of the expanding we’re doing with our products and scope, having a separate site for the young folks was best.

So, that’s what we’ve done. Well we’re almost done. We still have a few more “rooms” to pack up and move, but the new site (blog) is now up and running and ready for visitors. If you have kids who are still in a schooling situation, home or otherwise, come over and see what we’re doing for them in this new place. Bookmark it or become a follower so that you can know when new things get added.

For those of you who don’t know about our “Speakables” for children, they are writing activities which we offer which have the purpose of getting youngsters to consider writings from days gone by and to respond to them. More than anything, we’re trying to encourage kids of today to gain from the valuable moral and biblical thinking of the past. Now and then, we also have a writing contest using the Speakables.

But that’s not all. We believe in having fun, so you’ll find some of that there too!! You’ll find puzzlers and party ideas.

What’s the name of the new site you ask? Well, what else? It’s called “Helping Children Grow” and we invite you to come on over now!

Beverly and Maxine

Writing Contest Winners

Nanna — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:42:02 +0000

We have a couple of winners in our writing contest! You can get to the winning entries from the contest page, so hop over and view them if you get a chance

Reminder: Writing Contest

Nanna — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:43:27 +0000

Just wanted to make a quick reminder that we have a writing contest going on! Entries have started coming in, but there is still plenty of time for your children to get their thinking caps on and come up with a thoughtful, and even fun, submission. Kids have had a lot of fun doing our writing contest in the past and I know yours would too. And remember, if they participated before, they still can again, as long as they are in the right grade.

We LOVE hearing from the children and are waiting to hear from yours!

Blessings, Maxine

Writing Contest Reminder

Nanna — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:59:55 +0000

You still have time! We are currently accepting submissions for our third writing contest and wanted to encourage you to have your children join in. Hope some of your children are already thinking about, and working on, their entries. You didn’t know about it? Well, hop on over to our contest page and get all the info! We LOVE reading the creative work that children send in. It’s always a delight to hear what they have to say.

I thought I should mention one area where there sometimes is some confusion: When sending in your entries by email, please copy the child’s original writing within the body of the email. Sorry, but we cannot accept attachments. Thanks for understanding!

Hope you’re having a great fall so far.

Maxine

Character Building?

Nanna — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:55:49 +0000

Is the building of Christian character in children still desired in the parenting of today? Unfortunately, I think most of you would undoubtedly agree that instilling virtue in our young folks is a slowly dying American dream. We want to see gains in the area of education; that’s a big priority. We’re concerned about rights and choices. We’re very concerned about things such as equal pay and health care, etc. But what about character? Is that why we allow them to sit in front of the computer and tv for hours on end? Is that why we give them tons of secular books to read, but sometimes don’t get around to inspirational or spiritual literature? Just a few questions for us to think about, and please don’t think I’m being judgmental. I have and still do struggle with the very same issues that you do.

For the record, though, SG does care a lot about it. In fact, it’s our top priority when it comes to what we offer to children. It looms largest in any publication we offer to the young. Once again, I want to encourage you to go to our main Growing Children page and there you will find all the links to the pages on our site that we have in place for the purpose of helping parents in this ~~important~~ crucial aspect of preparing their children for the world they must deal with. We want to help; really we do.

Also, if you bookmark the following site, you may get a few helpful ideas, particularly if you’re homeschooling:

Christian Character Builders

Blessings to you as you raise your tender plants.

For His Glory,
Maxine

Resource for Children’s Recipes

Nanna — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:48:18 +0000

Did you receive our newsletter last week? We hope that you are enjoying meaningful mealtimes with your family. We had a lovely family dinner last week as my parents and sister joined us for my daughter Selena’s birthday. Talking, togetherness, and tasty food are all wonderful components to a successful meal!

Speaking of tasty food, here is a great resource for children’s recipes. I was excited to see that there are even recipes that preschoolers can participate in! The Happy Face Sandwich is something we might try soon. If your child enjoys pizza, the Breakfast Pizza will tickle their fancy!

What fun things have you eaten lately?

In Him,
Beverly

Free Original Clipart at Designed to a T

Happy September

Nanna — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:25:41 +0000

Happy to see September again? I am. I’ve always loved this month. We’re back to school in our house and we’re back to many other things at Speakable Gifts. While we start the Junior year of high school here and preschool at Bev’s house, we’ve also just published another edition of the newsletter. Somehow, we’re wading through the technical issues, partly due to the fact that Bev has agreed to do the bulk of the work. We’ve spent a lot of phone time trying to resolve our computer woes, but we’ve managed to persevere! You would not believe what yesterday was like, but we got it done and sent. If you haven’t subscribed yet, what are you waiting for? It’s as easy as one, two, three, so hop over and sign up! If so, you’ll get the current edition right away.

We’re also back with another writing contest for your children. As usual, we have the two categories utilizing two of our Speakables: Second to fourth graders on the Aesop fable and fifth to sixth graders on a very popular saying (proverb). Want more details? You can find them here.

And new products are about to emerge. We’re excited about them and are in the process of finding the best way to have them published here at Speakable Press. We’re hopeful (and prayerful) that God will see us through and we can offer them to you very soon. Of course, we’ll let it be known as soon as these publications are available.

God’s blessings to you and your household. Have a wonderful, wonderful fall of the year. Whatever your schooling situation, hope you get off to a good start.

For His glory,

Maxine

Homeschooling a Preschooler

Nanna — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:46:09 +0000

We’re getting excited at our house about starting up preschool! Our daughter, Selena, will be three in about a month. She recently was crying because she couldn’t say the “right words” when she was flipping through her books. I told her that we’d start working on learning to read in September. She knows her letters and their sounds, so we’ll be doing Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read program. Lena and Shana listen over and over to SG’s Verses and Hymns for the Very Young cassette, and Lena has memorized many of the hymns. She says “Holy, Holy, Holy” is her favorite! We’ll use some of the verses on the cassette for this year’s memorization.

Do any of you “preschool at home?” If so, what are you using? So far I’ve gotten number and shapes workbooks, games, and a big calendar for learning days of the week, months, and yesterday, today, tomorrow! We thought of themes for each month, and will be learning corresponding verses, songs, and doing projects. I’ve found a few good resources online, and I thought I’d share them with you.

Free Printable Phonics Worksheets

Preschoolers and Peace Blog – this is a blog I recently discovered, and it is an incredible resource!

Preschooler Express Theme Station: help with themes and corresponding activities

More printable activities

Hope these resources are useful! If you have found other helpful links that you would like to share, please leave them in the comments.

In Him,
Beverly