Dear Friends,
The December issue of the printable To Teach What Is Good Newsletter is available for download!
CLICK HERE to download the December Newsletter (PDF, 635.6 KB).
**Please note that I will not be archiving these newsletters on my website. They will be taken down each month when a new newsletter is posted, so please print and/or save these newsletters before the end of the month! Thanks!
In Christ,
Sheri
Last year I put together a huge list of Christmas links for you to enjoy. I thought I'd post the list here as well for those that missed it or forgot about them. Enjoy!
Websites for some Christmas Fun
& Gift Giving Ideas!
Christmas Gift Tag Designer Software
Design your very own gift tags and print them out for all your gifts!
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/christms/cgifttags.htm
All kinds of recipes for gift giving, including gifts in a jar and more!
This is a beautiful website with a TON of recipes! She has all kinds of holiday recipes, gifts in a jar (some recipes include the gift tags to print with the baking directions!)...you HAVE to take a look! Why not get your kids involved and make up a bunch of these recipes for neighbors, friends, etc.
http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/
MAKE BEAUTIFUL SNOWFLAKES!
Go to these web pages to print out and make some beautiful paper snowflakes! These are so pretty and so easy to make! Do a bunch for your tree and to hang in the window! Once you have cut them out, press between two sheets of paper with an iron on the LOW setting. Beautiful!!!
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dstredulinsky/SnowPat/snow2000_13.htm
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dstredulinsky/SnowPat/snow11.htm
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dstredulinsky/SnowPat/snow2000_14.htm
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dstredulinsky/SnowPat/snow105.htm
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dstredulinsky/SnowPat/snow106.htm
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dstredulinsky/SnowPat/snow27.htm
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dstredulinsky/SnowPat/snow141.htm
An Easy Christmas Tree Ornament to Make!
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_crafts_3.htm
Tons of Great Christmas Activities, Projects, and Unit Studies!
http://www.easyfunschool.com/IndexChristmas.html
Christmas Activities from Eclectic Homeschool Online
http://www.eclectichomeschool.org/christmas/christmasunitstudy.asp
More Homeschool Christmas Resources
http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/schoolroom/christmas.php
Christmas Worksheets & Puzzles
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/holidaycrosswords/Luke2ChristmasWorksheets.pdf
Make a Christmas Wreath
http://parenting.leehansen.com/Printables/Christmas/wreath-craft.pdf
Nativity Bookmarks
These lovely bookmarks would make great stocking stuffers for your children!
http://www.teacherhelp.org/pdf/chrisbkmkniv.pdf
Printable Nativity Scene
This would be a fun activity for your children - make their very own nativity scene!
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/nativityalbum/index.htm
What God Wants for Christmas Coloring Pages
These are very cute coloring pages for younger children!
http://www.familylife.com/wgwfc/what/wgwfc_coloring_pages.pdf
Nativity Lapbook
Create a neat nativity lapbook with your children! (Click on the Nativity Lapbook. You will have to sign up (free) to download this.)
http://www.scribd.com/search?query=Nativity+lapbook
Christmas Nativity Felt Board Patterns
You can use these patterns for a felt board, for puppets, or decorations for your home!
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/felt/index.htm
Online Advent Calendar
This looks like a neat advent calendar with devotionals and activities
http://www.teachingmom.com/features/advent.html
Christian Christmas Advent Calendar
http://www.our.homewithgod.com/mkcathy/MerryChristmas/advent/
The Gingerbread Baby Unit Study
This is just one unit study available on this website! Click on their unit study link (at the top of the page) to see other units they have available@
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/gingerbread_baby.htm
Jesse Tree Online Calendar
This is a neat calendar that gives you some activities, books, a Christmas hymn, etc. to read/do/sing each day. Even if you have another Jesse Tree devotional you are using (Like Ann Voskamp's wonderful The Glorious Coming Jesse Tree devotions!), click through the days of this calendar for some wonderful memory making ideas!
http://www.jesse-trees.com/calendar.html
Names of Jesus Unit Study (Microsoft Word Document)
http://www.easyfunschool.com/NamesJesus.doc
I will be drawing TWO (2) WINNERS to receive a FREE copy of this ebook!
CLICK HERE for more details and to see sample pages!
CLICK HERE for more details and to see sample pages!
How YOU can enter to win one of these ebooks:
Simply send an email to sheri@school4jesus.com with EBOOK GIVEAWAY in the title AND your first name and last initial in the text (I will not be publicizing email addresses of the winners any more…only the first names and last initials to respect the privacy of our newsletter list!)
All entries must be made by Monday night, December 8th. I will use Random.org to draw the 2 winners on Tuesday morning.
I will email this ebook to the winners, and post the winners here on my newsletter blog.
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I do so enjoy doing these monthly ebook giveaways! I plan to continue having a giveaway each month! If you know of anyone who would be interested in joining us...please send them on over to this site! My desire it to bless and encourage women to be all God wants them to be. Have a GREAT day!
Dear Ladies,
I just wanted to make you aware of a neat Advent study by Miiko Gibson. The study starts on Monday, so I wanted to let you know about it now. Miiko provides the study in Word of PDF format to download for free! Check it out here!
Have a wonderful weekend...and be watching for the December newsletter on Monday!
In Christ,
Sheri
Dear Ladies,
I have had some ask if I was going to run some kind of Black Friday sale. I hadn't planned on doing anything special except the 10% off discount I already mentioned for the month of December. Well...I changed my mind!
Right now...for one day only (Friday, November 28th)...you can receive 25% off of your entire order!
Simply enter the discount code below to receive the discount. This discount code will be good for Friday only!
Discount code: blackfriday
CLICK HERE to go to our website!
I pray each of you had a blessed Thanksgiving! Watch for the December newsletter which will be coming out on Monday! It will be a real treat!
In Christ,
Sheri
Dear Ladies,
I was asked last night to substitute teach for my 5-year-old son's Sunday School class. So I decided to do a lesson geared around Thanksgiving and being thankful. I made up this little activity for the kids to make their own Thanksgiving placemats and thought others might enjoy it as well.
Feel free to download it and share it with others. I do hope you and your kids enjoy it!
CLICK HERE to download this fun activity!
May each of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families!
In Christ,
Sheri
I am sending my book review out a little early this month since I am reviewing a wonderful book for advent...
Jotham's Journey: A Storybook for Advent
We have enjoyed doing different advent type readings as a family over the past several years and it truly has been a blessing. This year I decided to do something different. I have heard Jotham's Journey (and the other two books in the series) be recommended from many families as an excellent read-aloud over the advent season. These books have been out of print for a while and just recently are back in print! Yeah! So...I decided this year we would read it!
Because we will be leaving early to fly out to the west coast to visit my family for Christmas, we actually started our advent readings the middle of November. We wanted to be able to complete our reading before we left. I cannot begin to tell you how our family has enjoyed the readings already. The kids never want to stop at one reading! It has also been fun to dig into the Old Testament to read about some of the people that are mentioned in the story. We already have plans to purchase the other two books in the series!
Dear Friends,
I just received an email from the makers of Making Math More Fun and they have just come out with a wonderful set of ebooks containing Christmas activities and games that are ready to print and enjoy.
I bought their math set before and my kids loved all the fun games...now we have the Christmas set to enjoy!
This set of ebooks contains:
Christmas Word Puzzles
Christmas Math Worksheets
Christmas Writing Activities
Christmas Writing Templates
Christmas Mazes
Christmas Cards to Make
Christmas Bookmarks to Print
Christmas Coloring Sheets
Christmas Kids Games to Print and Play
Sounds like fun, huh? CLICK HERE to get your set today!
Praying each of you have a wonderful weekend,
Sheri
Dear Ladies,
I want to thank everyone who has already sent in some wonderful, frugal recipes! I can't wait to get all of these compiled into an ebook for everyone. I have been wanting to put something together like this for myself...something to have on hand in case times get hard financially.
I plan on this ebook containing all of my own notes and research on topics such as: fixing frugal meals, ways to save money (not just in the kitchen either), preserving and storing foods, and more. I would love to have all this information compiled in one place and I think others might benefit from it as well.
Here is where you come in...I know I already asked for frugal recipes...but I would like to open it up to other contributions from you:
What are some things you do to save money? (not just in the kitchen...in all areas of living!)
How do you store your foods (such as canning, freezing, organizing for long term storage, etc.)?
Also, don't forget to send those frugal recipes too!
Please email me (sheri@school4jesus.com) with any contributions! I can't wait to hear from you!
Everyone who makes a contribution to this ebook will receive a FREE copy! That can't be beat! So...put your thinking cap on and jot me an email. Let me know what your family does to cut costs.
Hope to hear from you soon!
11/20/08 UPDATE: Since the holidays are upon us all and I simply will not have a ton of extra time until after the first of the year, I am going to set a deadline for all submissions. If you would like to contribute, please have all submissions emailed to me by January 15th. I will then compile them all, add in my own :), and finalize the ebook.
In Christ,
Sheri
Hi Ladies,
I just thought I'd mentioned here, for those of you that have your own websites and/or blogs, that I just added some great FREE home business resources to my website! Did you know that you can download a free program that allows you to capture whatever is on your computer screen? Did you know there is a free program that you can download that lets you create your very own headers for websites and blogs?
CLICK HERE to go check these out on my website!
Have a GREAT day!
In Christ,
Sheri
Dear Ladies,
I have fun gift just for you today!
I had a lot of fun putting together these forms just for YOU! Just in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas...these forms will be fun to add to your holiday decor. I hope you enjoy them!
CLICK HERE to download these today!
In Christ,
Sheri
Thank you to everyone who joined our ebook giveaway this month! Using random.org this morning, it picked the following winners:
RaShell S.
Kristen M.
Congratulations ladies! I will be emailing you the download link to your copy of The Glorious Coming in a bit. I do hope you enjoy these advent devotionals!
I pray each of you have a blessed week!
~ Sheri
Today I have been working on putting together my Christmas cards...printing them out, addressing envelopes, and inserting pictures of the kids. I thought you might enjoy seeing our Christmas card. Feel free to download it and print into cardstock paper for your own use. The manger scene on the front was painted by my 15-year old daughter.
CLICK HERE to download!
My son just typed up some more memory verse cards for our family (we have worked through the first set now). I thought I'd let my newsletter list know so that you can download them too. Our Bible Memory System is working very well for our family...click the link below to find out what we are doing and to download the two sets of verse cards!
CLICK HERE to go to my Bible Memory page on my website!
I have had the privilege of purchasing several of The Homemaker's Mentor lessons and just LOVE them! If I had the time, it is lessons like these that I would like to put together! These ladies have done a wonderful job putting together lessons that can help you become a better wife and mother.
You can sign up for a yearly membership or monthly membership. You can also buy the lessons after they have expired for the members (but they will cost more this way). Go ahead and buy a lesson and see what you think. I guarantee you will LOVE them!
Dear Friends,
I have a special request this morning. You all know that I have been on a journey the past several years learning all I can about fixing healthy meals for my family. I have learned so much and have really enjoyed fixing not only yummy but nutritious meals! Now, in light of the possible economic problems facing the US, I would like to put together an ebook full of frugal (and hopefully healthy) recipes. I have already accumulated quite a few myself, but would love to add to it!
Do you have some favorite frugal recipes that you would like to share? If there is enough interest, I would like to compile them all into an ebook. Everyone who submits a recipe will receive a FREE copy!
If you are interested in helping me out on this project, just email me your favorite frugal recipes (my email is: sheri@school4jesus.com) and I will get busy compiling all of them!
Thanks and may each of you have a wonderful weekend!
In Christ,
Sheri
Dear Ladies,
Just a couple reminders for you...
Ebook Giveaway!
Remember if you want to enter this month's giveaway, you need to do so by Monday night! I will draw the winners Tuesday morning. Click here for the details of this month's giveaway!
Let's Make a Memory Online Seminar with Cindy Rushton
Cindy's online seminar begins tomorrow! This should be so much fun!
CLICK HERE for all of the details...and remember...if you purchase your ticket by midnight Thursday, November 6th, you will receive a FREE ebook from me (A Season for Giving)! Simply email me your receipt and I'll email you a copy!
Have a GREAT weekend!
In Christ,
Sheri
How about some fun recipes from Cindy Rushton!
Cindy's Yummy Fruit Tea
There are recipes that I have used over the years that I just use occasionally. Then, there are staples to our diet. Then, there are ADDICTIONS! ha! :D
Ok…this is obviously an addiction, but a yummy one-if you ask me. We make this one in bulk and have it on hand year-round. It is a nice afternoon hot tea. A wonderfully refreshing mid-day iced tea. A wonderful treat at bedtime while you read aloud books to your little one. It is even perfect to carry in a thermos to the park or to a friend who is needing a mom-to-mom visit after birthing a baby, miscarrying, surgery, or just dire need of GIRL-TIME. Easy. Yummy. Give it a try!
What You Need:
2 quarts cranberry juice
1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade
3 pieces whole nutmeg
1 (46 ounce) can pineapple juice
2 cups apple juice
1 ½ tsp. ground ginger
What to Do:
Pour all juices in a crockpot or a big pan on the stove top. Add spices in a cheesecloth. Simmer until you are ready to serve. Great hot or cold.
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Cindy's Perfect Pecan Chicken Salad…
Talk about a YUMMY recipe! This is one of our family favorites. We make up a batch and serve this one year around. This is great with soups during the Fall…or fruit during the Spring and Summer. We love it on croissants, wheat bread, or served in a salad. Want a variation? Try adding sliced grapes into this salad. Oh! Make a batch. You will LOVE this one! Just bring this touch of North Alabama to your dinner table.
4 cups cooked and diced chicken breast
1 cup finely diced celery
3 tablespoons lemon juice
¾ cup toasted crushed pecans
Combine and chill for 1 hour.
Dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise
¼ cup sour cream
1/2 –1 teaspoon salt
White pepper to taste
1 teaspoon dry mustard
Mix dressing ingredients and combine with chicken mixture. Serve on a lettuce leaf with other tea goodies!
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Cindy Rushton's Perfect Pot of Tea…
Have no idea how on earth to begin? Don’t even know how to prepare a pot of tea? There are a few tips that make a very real difference in whether a cup of tea is just OK or really great! Let me help step-by-step…
Warm your Teapot. I always rinse mine out anyway. Use warm water, let sit with the lid on while you prepare the tea. (“Tempers” the pot so it keeps the tea warmer AND protects the teapot from extreme temperature changes.)
Prepare water. Rinse out your teakettle. Fill it with cool, fresh tap water. Bring to a boil.
Prepare your Teapot. As water reaches boiling, empty out teapot. Add tea leaves; 1 teaspoonful per cup of tea being prepared and 1 extra teaspoonful for the pot. If using tea bags, use one bag less than the number of cups you will be making. For example, if your teapot holds 5 cups of water, use 4 tea bags OR 6 teaspoons of loose tea.
As water reaches boiling, pour water into teapot immediately. Do not let the water “over-boil” or it will go flat.
Let steep…put lid on teapot and cover with a tea cozy for 3-6 minutes, dependent upon how strong you like your tea. Small tea leaves take less time to steep than larger tea leaves. Stir once while steeping.
Strain off leaves (or remove tea bags) and serve.
Don’t forget! Tea BEGS for relationship. Include a loved one in your teatime!
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About Cindy Rushton... Cindy Rushton is the hostess of the Let's Make a Memory, her annual holiday fling for mothers around the world. She is recording Preview Chats for the Let's Make a Memory RIGHT NOW! Join her wonderful guests FREE as they count down to the Let's Make a Memory Virtual Seminar (November 7-8--BUT! NEVER ENDING because it is an ONLINE seminar!). Get your ticket NOW and begin to dig into her FREE gifts now!
CLICK HERE for all of the details...and remember...if you purchase your ticket by midnight Thursday, November 6th, you will receive a FREE ebook from me (A Season for Giving)! Simply email me your receipt and I'll email you a copy!
Let's Make a Memory...Over Books!
by Cindy Rushton
Hummm…was it the giggles the whole way through adventures with Pooh? My constant sobbing through every page of The Little Preacher? Our total addiction to every single page of Pilgrim’s Progress? The giggles and strategy as the children would run off to “play” every single bit of Daniel Boone’s life—with stiff warnings from Mom that NO ONE really got the hair-cut! Peeking outside to see the hard, hard work as forts were raised and mud pies “baked” for our beloved “soldier.” Oh, the precious, precious memories! Precious memories that are OURS forever!
Want the best homeschool year yet?
Why not make it a priority to curl up as a family over the pages of a great book each day? Get the water going…pull out some nice snacks…settle down for tea (or hot cocoa!!)…and dig into great books!
Game, but have no idea where to begin?? Come home with our family and get a picture of how easy AND awesome building a memory—over a great book—can be!
Decide a Good Time for Read Alouds…
Over the years, I have found that even though I LOVE great literature and believe passionately in the power of a great book to inspire us toward greatness, teach those facts in a palitable manner, and feed our hungry minds with great ideas, there has still been a constant battle with distractions from our beloved typical family reading time. Constant phone calls…friends dropping by…never the same day to day family life because of constant interruptions…the list could go on and on! I found that we needed a more consistent time to read, study, and cuddle. A time that was just ours!
The best time for this was at the end of our busy day. Our family reading tradition began years ago when my husband worked as an Alabama State Trooper. We found ourselves up until very late hours. Those last few hours before he came in seemed perfect. They were not likely to be times for calls, errands, or drop-by guests. They were the easiest to preserve for our special time whether we were on the road traveling or cuddling on our sofa or snuggled in my bed for a nice-long read aloud! Those moments were the perfect ones for our family. Now, since the children are almost grown up, the schedule is more complex than ever, and dad is now retired and running the family business the ONE constant that we all cry out for in the midst of busy or chaotic or even the most hum-drum day is our evening family read aloud and pow-wow time!
So, the first things to decide–what time would work best for your family? Look at your schedule? What time of the day is the most constant…the most uninterrupted…the easiest to settle down? Set that time aside—you have a treasure house of memories coming your way!
Bit-By-Bit!
Perhaps a set time is not the problem. Perhaps the greatest need is dealing with the struggles that make read alouds an utter impossibility. An ideal! Certainly not a reality! You know…settling down the children…containing the messes long enough to finish one small part of a story…getting their interest? The habit that becomes a treasured tradition begins bit-by-bit! Here are a few ideas that may help:
* Get to know YOUR family and their interests. Each and every family is completely unique. What we love to read as a family, your family may not like at all! Our children may be completely different ages as yours. Our family preferences may be completely different than yours. In fact, our choices for read alouds now that our children are at these ages are very different from the choices we made in the early years. The key to a sizzling read aloud program rests with getting to know YOUR family and their interests and then basing your choices upon where you are.
* Use a reading list! Have no idea which books to begin with? TOTALLY confused with all of the options? We have a couple of recommendations. First, we recommend our book The Never-ending Rushton Reading List (soon to be re-released in ebook format after being TOTALLY revamped–working on that now!). It is very reasonable, compact, simple, and easy to begin using today. It includes suggestions that are perfect for teaching every subject with great books AND it has a basic list of recommended read alouds that EVERY (smile!) family should read through! As they get older, another recommendation that we have is our book Inspiring Our Children Toward Greatness Using Great Literature (also, out of print right now–look for it to be re-released in ebook format very soon too! One powerful book!) which has an extended list of recommendations for life-transforming literature and great books that you won’t want to miss. You can also find great recommendations in other books, catalogs, and at your local library.
* Make it FUN! Reading need not resemble the drudgery from our school days. Rather, it can be a great big family party! We have a daily “tea time” with our read alouds. When the children were little, I found very soon that our children were much more attentive if their bellies were full and their hands busy. Being a “tea-time addict,” it was almost the “given” thing to do! This may seem a bit artificial to your family. Find what works. Some families settle down with snacks like our family. Others entertain the children with play-doh to keep their hands busy while mommy reads. Other families give their children sketch books to “draw” what they imagine while mommy reads the book. Just make it a FUN family time! You will be amazed at how much the children will learn while making a memory!
Choose the BEST! Great Literature!
The still, quiet spirit of our home was only the first part of this special family tradition! Great books were musts! My children love to read. We have a library just for them filled with books that they can choose during their free time. They cover a wide-range of studies just by using whole, living books full of ideas and great information. For our read alouds, I did not want a repeat of those books. Instead, I wanted life-changing literature. Because of this heartbeat, I am extremely selective to choose the very BEST books for this special time.
I have a very simple test for discerning if the books are life-changing. I ask myself, “If these were the last moments that I had with my children, would this be the book that I would want to be the LAST ONE?? Would this be the memory that I want for them to carry with them?” “Is this book capable of teaching those life-lessons that they need to carry them through life?” This limits my choices to those books that are absolute MUSTS for my children. Those books that all well-educated children should dine upon. Those books that feed the spirit…challenge the soul…and encourage us to keep on persevering through it all!
I have been amazed at the way the Lord has led us by His Spirit to each book that He has wanted for us to read as a family. From The Hiding Place to Basket of Flowers to The Elsie Series to Hedge of Thorns to Passion and Purity to great poetry to Christmas stories to a multitude of biographies…God has had specific direction for us right when we needed to know His next choice!
Once I know which book we will read next, I usually hunt for a nice, large print edition, if at all possible. These are wonderful for helping us take turns. My son used to be so intimidated by small print in books. The large print editions are easier for him to read comfortably from. They also make great texts for copywork lessons. I saw the advantage to the large print as we read from Corrie Ten Boom’s The Hiding Place. There were so many wonderful quotes that I felt were important for the children to copy into their copybooks. While we read aloud, I simply marked them with a highlighter. On those mornings that the children were drawing blanks for copywork ideas, all they had to do was open that book to find a plethora of excellent choices! I found that to be helpful for my writing and speaking as well because I could easily find those great thoughts that had been planted in my mind while we read!
We usually take turns reading. This is the perfect way to help beginning readers ease into reading aloud for others. Their work can be so mundane if they practice with readers or insignificant reading lessons. A great book invites children to read with expression. When I would notice them tiring out, (you probably know that time because that is when they get REAL monotone…AKA boring!!) I would join in and read for a little while. That usually brightened up the pace so that when they would begin again, they would sound expressive and enthusiastic. Now, I absolutely LOVE to listen to them read aloud. It is neat to hear them stress those words that I would stress…or pause as I would pause! What a treasure!
Well, that is only part of the treasure! One thing that I love about this precious time with my children is that I find out just what they think, feel, and believe. We have tremendous discussions almost nightly about great ideas. I remember this being a goal for my children as they matured into adulthood. I never dreamed that I could have this blessing with little children! It is during these quaint moments of reading while sipping our tea, that I get a peek into their heart! I see their heart’s desires…their struggles in their character…the depths that God’s Word has worked in their lives…and their instant choices when faced with adversity (through the pages of the books). I can also help them trouble-shoot making decisions that may prevent them from irreparable errors later in their lives! Yes, those are the gifts that come with serving up great literature to our children.
Just This Easy…
Our daily read aloud time is just this easy. We don’t make it complicated by tests…by book reports…by written narrations on all we read. We are not even legalistic that our time be limited to books. We have been known to cuddle up with art prints JUST like we do our books. When we include art prints, we simply cuddle up to “listen” to the artist as he or she communicates through the canvas. My little ones have been known to sketch or paint the recent art print with their own style while I read a section from a great book. We also LOVE biographies, so we have enjoyed reading sketches about artists or the latest composer that we are getting to know! Each day, we use this time to also read through the Bible together as a family. This only takes minutes, yet the results have been overwhelming in our lives. Just a bit here and a bit there has helped to carry us into our world with a little bit more understanding about the worldviews of our culture! Not to mention, great art and music feed our minds with ideas that keep us growing into the vessels that God can really use in our culture!
Well, why not put on a little Classical Music in the background. Warm some water…EVEN if you prefer to use it for hot chocolate with fluffy marshmallows! :) Dust off those poetry books or that book you keep putting off for another day. Curl up with your little ones…there is NOTHING quite like the memory that can be made over a great book!!
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About Cindy Rushton... Cindy Rushton is the hostess of the Let's Make a Memory, her annual holiday fling for mothers around the world. She is recording Preview Chats for the Let's Make a Memory RIGHT NOW! Join her wonderful guests FREE as they count down to the Let's Make a Memory Virtual Seminar (November 7-8--BUT! NEVER ENDING because it is an ONLINE seminar!). Get your ticket NOW and begin to dig into her FREE gifts now!
CLICK HERE for all of the details...and remember...if you purchase your ticket by midnight Thursday, November 6th, you will receive a FREE ebook from me (A Season for Giving)! Simply email me your receipt and I'll email you a copy!
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Our TOP TEN (OR MORE!) Favorite Books EVER!!
by Cindy Rushton and the Rushton Bunch
If there is ONE question that we are asked more than any other, it is this very question, “What are your favorite books ever??” Sooo, I am compiling this list just for YOU! These are the books that we think EVERYONE should read!
- Basket of Flowers by Christoph Von Schmid
- Clean Your Boots, Sir? By Anonymous
- Dangerous Journey (Oliver Hunkin…took original words and set to beautiful illustrations!)
- Famous Boys and How They Became Great Men by Anonymous
- Gaining Favor with God and Man by William Thayer
- Grace Abounding by John Bunyan
- Hedge of Thorns by John Carrol/John Hatchard
- Hind’s Feet On High Places by Hannah Hurnard (LOVE the children’s illustrated version)
- Little Pilgrim’s Progress By Helen L. Taylor
- Mothers of Famous Men by Archer Wallace
- Moral Lessons from Yesteryear by A. L. Byers (by Mantle Ministries)
- Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (I LOVE the tape set and a new version that we have just recently run across called, The Amplified Pilgrim’s Progress)
- Rosa of Linden Castle by Christoph Von Schmid
- Stepping Heavenward by Elisabeth Prentiss
- The Beggar’s Blessing retold by Mark Hamby
- The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
- The Little Lamb by Christophe Von Schmid
- The Little Preacher by Elisabeth Prentiss
- The Lost Ruby/The Lost Child by Christoph Von Schmid
- The Tale of Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt
- The Three Weavers by Annie Fellows
- The True Princess by Angela Elwell Hunt
- Thoughts for Young Men by J. C. Ryle
- The Screwtape Letters by C.S.Lewis (EXCEPT the last few chapters that the demon is attacking the Christian in the area of morality…we skipped those!)
- True Stories of Great Americans For Young Americans By Anonymous
- Vinegar Boy by Alberta Hawse
- Winnie the Pooh By A.A. Milne
- You Are Special By Max Lucado
PLUS…many, many more! :)
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About Cindy Rushton... Cindy Rushton is the hostess of the Let's Make a Memory, her annual holiday fling for mothers around the world. She is recording Preview Chats for the Let's Make a Memory RIGHT NOW! Join her wonderful guests FREE as they count down to the Let's Make a Memory Virtual Seminar (November 7-8--BUT! NEVER ENDING because it is an ONLINE seminar!). Get your ticket NOW and begin to dig into her FREE gifts now!
CLICK HERE for all of the details...and remember...if you purchase your ticket by midnight Thursday, November 6th, you will receive a FREE ebook from me (A Season for Giving)! Simply email me your receipt and I'll email you a copy!
TEA-riffic Tips… by Cindy Rushton
Ever wanted to give tea a try? Well, today, I want to help make it DOABLE. Actually I want to encourage you to make tea a tradition in your home. This is an excerpt from my book A CUP OF TEA (I am revamping it and getting it ready to be published as an ebook–look for it in the near future!). Let me take you by the hand and help you get started making memories over tea…
Sold! Convinced! That settles it…you are ready to join the ranks of tea pals! Only one problem is pounding away…you just do not have ANY idea of where to begin. Beloved, this is EXACTLY why I have compiled this book. You CAN begin right where you are. If you need a little help, let me give you a few of my ideas and tips…
Be SIMPLE!
Tea does not have to be STUFFY! Tea does not have to be FORMAL! Use what you have on hand. Begin where you are. You don’t have to be able to recite facts and trivia about tea and etiquette to DEVOUR the passion of tea. Make your tea time a sweet tradition or ritual. It may be just afternoon tea after the little ones are tucked into bed for their afternoon nap. It may be a morning tea time (Oh, you CAN have coke in your cup while you take that morning quiet time!). It might be a quiet moment before bed as you settle your mind. It might be the whole family snuggled up with tea, cocoa, and goodies while you read aloud another chapter of the Bible and a chapter from a great read aloud! Just bring tea home with YOUR very own style!
Build Your Very Own Collection of Tea Goodies!
You can find tea goodies just about anywhere! Take a look for the quaint goodies at yard sales, antique stores, auctions, flea markets, while traveling, at dime stores, gift shops, online…so on! Oh! You may want to take an inventory of what you already have tucked away in your cabinets. I am amazed at the little dishes, doilies, baskets, and other treasures that I had tucked away with no purpose in mind for them. Tea time is the perfect time to bring them out. OH! And they do not have to match either! The most precious tea parties I have attended, whether formal or friend-to-friend, did not have one thing that “matched.” I am ever amazed at how each piece seemed perfectly “in place” and perfect for the occasion.
Begin a Tradition by Giving “Tea” Gifts!
Tea collectibles make perfect gifts for any occasion whether birthdays or holidays or just a little thank you. In fact, my favorite tea “goodies” have a sweet memory of dear friends! You can give anything from teacups to teapots, from silver spoons to cookie cutters, from recipe books (with YOUR favorites already written inside!) to tea jewelry, so on! My favorite way to give tea collectibles is to make a “Tea Basket” for those I love. I fill it with goodies that they can keep AND goodies that they can eat/drink over their Tea Time!
NO Tea Room in Your Area? What About YOUR Home???
You are certain to have a perfect spot in your home for tea. What about a drawing room? A living room? Your front porch? A gazebo? Your deck? The Garden? Fireside? Outside by a big shade tree? At the local park (for a Picnic Tea?) Your bedroom? Your study? Around the kitchen table?
Get Your Little Ones Involved!
There is truly no greater place for children to learn the fine art of tea than at their mother’s knee. From their toddling years, they can learn the etiquette and hospitality of tea as naturally as learning to eat. If your children are like my children, they will develop a passion for the art of tea.
How can you encourage that passion? Allow your children to help prepare for tea time. They can help to prepare the tea (instructions included on page 43–ALSO FOUND HERE: CLICK HERE) They can help to prepare the dainties. They can help to select the teacups and linens. They can even help get the classical music going and to get the latest read aloud out. The key is to use your very best for your children—they are your very BEST friends! If it is hard for them to handle your great big teacups, then you may want to get a miniature tea set that is perfect for their little hands and tummies!
Don’t forget that tea is the perfect time to bring beauty into your home. Share a great poem…a beautiful art print…a lesson on etiquette…or a chapter from your favorite read aloud!
A Tea Time Blessing
Unknown
Lord, grant that our times
Together be steeped in serenity,
Sweetened by sharing,
And surrounded by the warm
Fragrance of your love.
Amen
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About Cindy Rushton... Cindy Rushton is the hostess of the Let's Make a Memory, her annual holiday fling for mothers around the world. She is recording Preview Chats for the Let's Make a Memory RIGHT NOW! Join her wonderful guests FREE as they count down to the Let's Make a Memory Virtual Seminar (November 7-8--BUT! NEVER ENDING because it is an ONLINE seminar!). Get your ticket NOW and begin to dig into her FREE gifts now!
CLICK HERE for all of the details...and remember...if you purchase your ticket by midnight Thursday, November 6th, you will receive a FREE ebook from me (A Season for Giving)! Simply email me your receipt and I'll email you a copy!
Let's Make a Memory...Over Tea! by Cindy Rushton
A cup of tea???
Tea…What comes to your mind?
As I think back over the years since that first cup of tea, I think beyond the various types of tea…the beautiful tea rooms and homes that have welcomed me for the ritual…the unique cups and teapots, each with its own story…all those details blur. But, one thing brings me back to “tea” over and over again…relationships! Relationships forged over moments shared over a cup of tea. Sweet, sweet memories that forge forever relationships.
My very first memories of tea were on the front porch, truly Southern Style with Iced Sweet Tea. There was never a meal served or a family gathering without plenty of Iced Sweet Tea. Just visiting Mamaw, I could always expect a big, tall glass of Sweet Lemon Tea whether we were working in her kitchen or swinging on the front porch enjoying her flowers and sweet conversation.
My very first cup of hot tea was typical Southern Style as well. At the end of my first year of homeschooling, I spent a wonderful day with a dear fellow homeschooler. We were preparing dresses for her to hand-smock for her youngest little girl. Her precious pre-teen came in mid-afternoon to ask if we would care for any tea. Being the TRUE Southerner that never passes up a great cup of tea, I said, “Sure!” She went on preparing tea, as was usual in her home. When she brought it out, I had to ask for directions on how to “take tea.” That moment my true love for tea was born!
Since that moment, I have developed a true passion for ANYTHING to do with tea of ANY kind! I love the different types of tea. I love the books that all share little tidbits about the fine art of tea. I love collectables that each have a story to make them more and more endearing. I love the recipes for goodies that make a nice addition to ANY day. I love the versatility of tea for all ages, all settings, all occasions. Want to see me in pure bliss? Take me to a tea room! But, most of all, I love the many sweet, sweet relationships and precious memories that have been forged over cups of tea, both hot and cold!
Tea truly meets us right where we are. If we love to collect antiques, we can’t help but to fall in love with the little dainties that are hidden away in all of the antique stores around. If we are looking for a healthy treat, none can be greater than tea! If we want to take a moment away with our children to build relationships and memories, tea is a must! If we want a perfect touch to a holiday, tea makes the day. If we want a theme for a party, tea always step forward with its touch of femininity. If we just want to minister to a friend or relative, tea ministers to their belly while “we” pour forth into their heart!
My prayer is that you will see the beauty, grace, encouragement, tradition, and fun that is awaiting you. I pray that you will find that touch of tea. I pray that you will make sweet memories with those you love the most, over a cup of tea.
So, my friend, do you hear the call beckoning to you? Take a moment, pour a hot steamy cup and come apart with me…
…it is time to make a memory over a cup of tea!
With Love, Cindy
“You prepare a table before me…my cup runs over.”
Psalms 23: 5 Amplified Bible
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About Cindy Rushton... Cindy Rushton is the hostess of the Let's Make a Memory, her annual holiday fling for mothers around the world. She is recording Preview Chats for the Let's Make a Memory RIGHT NOW! Join her wonderful guests FREE as they count down to the Let's Make a Memory Virtual Seminar (November 7-8--BUT! NEVER ENDING because it is an ONLINE seminar!). Get your ticket NOW and begin to dig into her FREE gifts now!
CLICK HERE for all of the details...and remember...if you purchase your ticket by midnight Thursday, November 6th, you will receive a FREE ebook from me (A Season for Giving)! Simply email me your receipt and I'll email you a copy!
Cindy Rushton will be hosting a brand new seminar, Let's Make a Memory, November 7-8th...and you can get your ticket now! This will be such a fun event...full of ideas for the holidays..free audios...free ebooks...and much more! (I have even given one of my holiday ebooks as a freebie!)
Join me for the Preview Chat this coming Tuesday, November 4th for FREE!
Here are the details:
DATE: Tuesday, November 4, 2008
WHEN: 1PM CST
WHERE: Talk-a-Latte Conference Room (Never joined us? Instructions are here: http://talk-a-latte.com/how-to-join-our-conference-room/)
PASSWORD: letschat
RECEIVE ANOTHER FREE EBOOK FROM ME!
BUY YOUR TICKET by midnight Thursday night, November 6th, and I will give you a FREE copy of my newest ebook, A Season for Giving! Simply email me a copy of your receipt (email me at sheri@school4jesus.com) and I will email you a copy of the ebook! Fun!
Grab your ticket today and then watch for some more fun freebies all week!
Dear Ladies,
The following two ladies are winners of a free copy of A Season for Giving.
Renee A.
Kirsten S.
Congratulations ladies! This new ebook is now available for sale...and it is $1.00 off this month! See all the details here!
Please note that we have our regular monthly ebook giveaway going on right now as well! Enter to win a free copy of the ebook, The Glorious Coming!
Dear Friends,
The November issue of the printable To Teach What Is Good Newsletter is available for download!
CLICK HERE to download the November Newsletter (PDF, 904.51 KB).
**Please note that I will not be archiving these newsletters on my website. They will be taken down each month when a new newsletter is posted, so please print and/or save these newsletters before the end of the month! Thanks!
In Christ,
Sheri
I will be drawing TWO (2) WINNERS to receive a FREE copy of this ebook!
CLICK HERE for more details and to see sample pages!
How YOU can enter to win one of these ebooks:
Simply send an email to sheri@school4jesus.com with EBOOK GIVEAWAY in the title AND your first name and last initial in the text (I will not be publicizing email addresses of the winners any more…only the first names and last initials to respect the privacy of our newsletter list!)
All entries must be made by Monday night, November 10th. I will use Random.org to draw the 2 winners on Tuesday morning.
I will email this ebook to the winners, and post the winners here on my newsletter blog.
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I do so enjoy doing these monthly ebook giveaways! I plan to continue having a giveaway each month! If you know of anyone who would be interested in joining us...please send them on over to this site! My desire it to bless and encourage women to be all God wants them to be. Have a GREAT day!
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Recently the Lord laid on my heart the idea for this ebook. An ebook that would not only provide some simple gift ideas, but the recipes, instructions, gift tags and cards to go along with each gift. Gift giving does not have to be elaborate or expensive, and there are many, many ways that we can give of ourselves during the holiday season. This ebook includes twenty (20) projects to get your family started!
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Childhood of Famous Americans SeriesI ran across this series of books in our library a few years ago and we have really enjoyed reading them! The two pictured here are a couple we have read. These are older hardback books that have been republished now in softcover. We found the old hardcover books in our library and love the old feel they have. My 9 year old loves to read these and says it feels like he is reading a really old book.
Not only are these stories wonderful biographies, but they are good wholesome reading! We are planning on reading more this year in our study of American History. I wanted to mention them here for those that may have never heard of them. They are excellent, excellent books and I HIGHLY recommend them! Check your local library and see if you can find any there...or check interlibrary loan. You can always purchase the softcovers online as well.
Here is a website where you can print out a chronological list of the Childhood of Famous American books: http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/COFA.htm Use this list if you are studying American History to find books related to each time period of American History.
A while back I found this wonderful, FREE, Bible study software that you can download. Not only can you study the Scriptures, but you have access to a ton of maps, books, and other study tools.
Please take a look at this free software! It is worth checking out!
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