Happy Sabbath Day

Happy Sabbath Day

Happy Sabbath Day! What? Why? How? Just because it is, well, wonderful! The word “sabbath” means – a day of religious observance and abstinence from work It is kept by Jewish people from Friday evening to Saturday evening It is kept by most Christians on Sunday Keeping it “holy” can mean – doing something special […]

Get your ducks in a row

Get your ducks in a row

Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! says Donald Duck to the others. Get your ducks in a row can mean … To get well prepared, or organized for something that is going to happen. It is an idiom that is used to describe the process of making sure all of the small details are accounted for and […]

Free fry day

Free fry day

Free fry day is here again! You do not want to miss it! We already went this morning to McDonald’s and got our free, large size fries. Just order from your app. You can check out other participating restaurants. Yummy. Tasty. And best of all, free! Let me tell you something else. Even the birds […]

Summertime Fun

Summertime Fun

It’s summertime and we all want to have some fun. Now what kind of excitement are you thinking about?  Whatever adventure you pick, be safe and have fun! Could it be – getting together with your family or a friend, like Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny did? telling stories like Chicken Little? helping someone in […]

Beat summer reading loss the fun way

Beat summer reading loss the fun way

Schools out, vacations started, and no more homework! Right? Let’s tackle loss of reading skills with fun reading during the summertime. We all know the same old story…When school’s out for summer, kids don’t stay at the same level of proficiency in subjects like reading and spelling. Due to a phenomenon known as summer learning […]

Say a little prayer…

Say a little prayer…

Life got you down? A lot going on? Too much drama, everyday life challenges, nasty people out there, and health problems? We got the solution! Listen to the above song and say a little prayer today! Homeschoolers/Educators/Parents: sketch/color an illustration and label it. Theme: say a little prayer. Listen to the audiobook story “Prayer” in […]

Thanks!

Thanks!

We love you and send you our thanks for all of the wonderful things you do each and every day. We want to again say thank-you for – saying thanks to your elders, family, friends, and new acquaintances loving one another reading the scriptures going to church praying for others apologizing when appropriate forgiving others […]

Strength

Strength

We all need strength-physical, mental, and emotional. When and why do we need it? We need it all of the time. We need more of it too. We need it – as a growing baby that sleeps a lot as a youth going to school for all of those challenging tasks that require stamina when […]

Hot!

Hot!

Hot enough? Temperatures have been hot for how long now? Crazy weather going on here. Did you know? Salt Lake tied an all-time heat record of 107 on Sunday set back in 1960 A heat wave, or heatwave, is a period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity, especially in oceanic […]

Happy Birthday America!

Happy Birthday America!

Happy Birthday America! Everyone likes a birthday party. Today is America’s birthday party. Let’s celebrate! Here are a few words from Charles Kuralt on the Declaration of Independence. This is the day we celebrate our independence from Great Britain This is the day we celebrate our uniting together to become a strong nation This is […]