Review: 99 Stories From the Bible

Recently I had an opportunity to use and review 99 Stories From the Bible by Juliet David from Kregel Publications with my family.

99 Stories From The Bible is a hardcover 196 page book that can be purchased for $11.99.  The book contains 99 Stories from the Bible: 53 from the Old Testament and 46 from the New Testament.  The book covers key events from the Bible starting with the Creation and ending with Jesus's return.  Each story is illustrated and covers 2 pages.  The text is very brief as the book is geared for preschool ages.

For example:

A Blind Man Sees

"One day Jesus was visiting a village near Jerusalem.  Some friends brought out a blind man to him.  Please help our friend to see! they begged Jesus.  Jesus took the man's hand and led him out of the village.  Jesus placed his hands over the blind man's eyes.  His eyes opened.  Now the blind man could see clearly.  Jesus helped this blind see!"

Cute illustrations and simple text make this a great story book Bible for toddlers and younger preschool age children.  The simplicity of the stories makes it easy to read several stories and keep the attention of the children.  Reading these stories over and over again at younger ages will make the Bible more familiar to children when they are ready to start reading it for themselves.

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of 99 Stories From the Bible for the purpose of writing a fair and honest review.  I received no other compensation and all opinions are my own.  I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC regulations.

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January First Day In Pictures

Come link up your first day pictures at http://jouneytojosie.blogspot.com/2014/01/first-day-january-2014.html.

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Favorite Blog Posts of 2013

It is the last day of the year!  2013 went by so fast, but really so did 2012, 2011, 2010, and every year before that that I have had children.  It never stops amazing me how much they grow and change in a year!

I am ending this year on my blog by linking back to some of my favorite blog posts for 2013.  Then I will start the new year tomorrow with a "First Day In Pictures" post with my new camera.

Favorite Review Product Post

I reviewed so many awesome products this year!  In fact, I do not think I can ever top this year not in number of reviews, but in the number of truly fantastic products that made a huge difference in our homeschool.  Choosing my favorite product was NOT easy, but Moving Beyond the Page made the top of my list.


Favorite Book Review

I had the opportunity to review several books this year.  This is another great blessing for me since I am not able to buy many books for myself.  My favorite book that I reviewed this year was Threads of Grace by Kelly Long.

Favorite Recipe Post

Our favorite dessert that we made this year was Zucchini Brownies.  They were delicious!!

Favorite Field Trip

We did so many fun and educational things in 2013.  Our favorite Field Trip was to the Discovery Museum and the Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center in Little Rock.  It was even better because it was free!  Our museum passes from MASM got us into the Discovery Museum and the nature center is always free.

Favorite Family Moment

This year we went tent camping for the first time and the children loved it!!!! You can read about our adventure here.

Favorite Homeschooling Post

This year I tried to give you a peek into our homeschooling life by writing a "Day in the Homeschool Life" of each of the age groups of my children and myself.  You can find that series here.

Those are just a few of my favorite posts from 2013.  We did a lot of fun things and accomplished a lot in our homeschool.  I am looking forward to whatever 2014 brings!

Happy Homeschooling!

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Christmas 2013

We had a great Christmas!

Christmas Eve we spent making and decorating cookies, putting up more Christmas decorations, wrapping presents, and we even made cookies for the birds.  We did not go to church since the girls we already super cranky and covered in frosting and flour.  Instead we read the Sparkle Box book and opened up our Sparkle Box.  We also read the Christmas story from the Bible and made our birthday cake for Jesus to eat for dessert on Christmas Day.  We watched a short movie and got all of the children tucked into bed.

One of my favorite things about Christmas morning was the children opening the presents they got each other.  They each chose things that were theirs to give to their brothers and sisters.  They put a lot of thought into the presents they gave each other choosing things that they knew their siblings would like.  Anthony did not give things that were his, instead he made something for everyone.  He even made paper mice for Sally! It was very sweet!

We usually leave our decorations up until at least January 1st, but took them all down today.  The tree that we got from Walmart was dropping needles like crazy!  We have never had that problem before with trees we have cut down ourselves.  Also, to make room for the tree I had to move some things around making the playroom and family room a bit more cluttered and crowded and I wanted our space back.  I had some very willing helpers and it didn't take long at all to get everything put away.

One of the presents I got that I was the most excited about (besides the gold cross to replace the one I lost a few months ago when my chain broke) was a new camera!  I take lots of pictures and the old camera still did ok outside, but with a broken flash it was hard to take nice pictures inside.  I am so glad I got a new one, now if only I can figure out all of the features it has!!

Some photos I took today.

I hope you had a Merry Christmas!

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