Hi As we move towards Easter, I'm reminded of an Easter years ago when I was working at a Montesorri nursery. During Lent, the mother of the head teacher died. She was also one of the teachers in the school, much loved by the close-knit staff family....
Hi It's February and the rain keep raining, BUT there are bulbs coming up!This week I spotted these:Crocuses literally growing in a crack in the concrete around a lampost!They will be noticed by next to no-one.Except me ;-)I love how they have litera...
Hi I'm looking for a few more people to get a pack of 10 Easter Story Treasure Hunt PacksCould this be you? I hope you'll say>>Yes<<Yes, I know I said 9am Monday was the deadline, but it's going to be a GORGEOUS resource so I've extended...
Hi I've got an idea and I need to know, if I make it, would you like one?Here's my idea: Easter Story Treasure Hunt Pack:8 illustrations from the Easter story on 8 little cards with part of the Easter story on the back of each - perfect for an Easter...
Hi I've got an idea:Easter Story Treasure Hunt Packs:8 illustrations from the Easter story on 8 little cards with a little part of the story on the back - perfect for hiding for an Easter Treasure Hunta Storybook - A6 with 12 pages of the Easter stor...
Set up a tent in the garden and share a Bible story together inside it. Here’s three tent-based Bible stories you could share in your tent: Abraham and Sarah are visited by three angels Genesis 18:1-15Moses and the the tent of Meeting Exodus 33:7-11T...
This year all three of the Autumn feasts in the Bible, known in Judaism as the High Holidays: Feast 1: Rosh Hashana Feast 2: Yom Kippur – The Day of Atonement Feast 3: Sukkot- The Feast of Shelters Each of these festivals can be found in the Old Test...
As August slips into Autumn, a bit early this year it feels, I’m starting to think and plan for September, and the three Biblical Feasts which all fall in it this year. In the church calendar, Autumn is the ‘green, growing time’, where there are no m...
#Thanktober is a simple idea: Let’s be thankful for something every day and grow our ‘thanks muscles’. I started it a few years ago, and each year I share a thanks prompt each day on Facebook and Instagram, so do pop over and say hi, like a few and c...
I wanted to look at the Jewish ‘High Holy Days’ as they are known, to find some rituals we could use to enrich our faith at home. I’m not going to give an exhaustive overview here, (because you have google too!) but my focus is what elements we could...
You may remember my conker activities from previous years (conker prayers and conker reflection). This year got me thinking about new ways use conkers especially as I’m working on activities which can be used with patients at Birmingham children’s ho...
Look out for special looking trees this Autumn and when you spot one, praise God for it. You could play Top Tree, a game where you see which tree is the most stunning over the Autumn period. This could involve taking photos of them, and if you play w...
Did you know that the Christian festival of Pentecost is on the Biblical festival of Shavuot, otherwise known as the Festival of Weeks? This Biblical festival comes from the Old Testament, where God’s people were told: “‘When you enter the land I am...
Every Autumn, there’s a distinct feel of New Year in the air. Whether you have school children in your home or not, many things seem to start this month. And if you work in a nursery or school or run children’s work or a children’s club, it definitel...
