Parenting

Reading Adventures on the Ranch

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Posted in partnership with Carla Osborne Books. If you’re like me, you want your children to read good books and enjoy reading all through their lives. Reading begins at home and at a very young age. Reading to babies with cloth books and then reading to toddlers with board books make for good beginnings. Making books an important part of life was always one of my top priorities as a mom. Children love to be read to. They love to sit close to their parent or grandparent and listen to the words of a new or favorite book. Children also love listening to other people read books. With technology, we’ve gone from listening to books on cassette to having digital books. There are now Youtube channels for children to hear books read to them. I recently reviewed a wonderful book for children. Under The Barnyard Light is a delightful book with gorgeous illustrations that children will get lost in. It’s a wonderful story with family warmth and charm. It’s a book that I look forward to reading to my grandchild when they’re a little bit older. The author of this book is Carla Crane Osborne. Carla won the Silver Award for the 3rd Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for the Children’s Book category.  Now she has authored a new series, Go Gona Go!, which will be released to read this fall. The author has also created a Youtube channel where children can hear and read along with her as she reads good children’s literature, as well as her own books. Carla is filming at her ranch and wants children to feel like they’re enjoying a farm experience. This is a wonderful idea and opportunity for you and your children to join in the fun. I hope you’ll check out her website and Youtube channel to listen in while she reads at Gona’s Reading Ranch. I’m sure your children will love it! @2021, copyright Lisa Ehrman

What To Do With The Kids This Summer

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Disclosure: Affiliate links maybe included. It’s hot outside! What are you going to do with your children this summer? Will you brave the heat and go outdoors and explore? Or, will you find a cool spot indoors and get creative with your children? There are tons of options to help you and your family enjoy the summer. I’ve linked up a group of bloggers’ posts to help you find wonderful ideas for you and your family. 35 Freebies for Kids in 2021 Home Learning Summer Enrichment Guide 100 Free Summer Activities Best Outdoor Summer Activities Top Summer Reading Programs for Kids 25 Summer Activities To Do Keep Kids Engaged and Learning 3 Ways to Learn in the Summer without Textbooks These are some of the favorites I’ve found on the internet. I love to print off my favorites and keep them in my resource binder. But, if you love a digital copy you can create a digital folder with all the creative ideas that are here. It’s time for another Homeschool Grab Bag Sale! What is a Homeschool Grab Bag? This is a Large Sale organized with many Homeschool Writers and Bloggers. In this Grab Bag you will receive 60 Resources, covering 10 school subjects. Because the writers have combined their awesome resources, we’re offering them at 97% off our regular prices. You will be able to keep these digital resources forever, because you can download them and save them until you are ready to use. What a great idea! Click below on the banner to learn more: 2021 @copyright, Lisa Ehrman

Strengthen Your Faith & Family This Summer With Pure Flix

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Disclosure: Many thanks to Pure Flix for providing this product/product information for review. Opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post. Summer is the best time for families. They can have wonderful times creating new memories. There are times when children get bored and want to watch television or movies. So much on tv is not family friendly. If you look around at all the various streaming services, you may be disappointed at the things being offered. But, you won’t be disappointed when you take the time to look at Pure Flix. Pure Flix has the largest variety of God-honoring content anywhere. They are offering a limited-time 30% off the anual membership, so you get the best price and the largest selection of movies and shows. The membership gives you an entire year of faith-filled content that your family will love. When you sign up now and save as much as 30%, you’ll be receiving the best price ever! Kids will never complain of boredom with Pure Flix! Your family will be encouraged, entertained, and engaged because these movies can impact a young person. Get the Pure Flix Family Camp Guide, which is a 43-page guide to an entire summer of awesome Family Fun! You’ll find a movie, devotional, and activity guide to make the summer of 2021 the best one ever! There are 6-weeks worth of movies with accompanying devotional and discussion questions. Your family will be encouraged, engaged, and entertained with all the wonderful activities in the guide. Make sure to download it now. The movie options include every age group, even grandparents! The devotions and discussion questions are designed to help you grow deeper in your faith. The activities are designed to help you spend more quality time with your loved ones while laughing, sharing life experiences, and learning Biblical lessons. It really is the best time to start with Pure Flix, because you and your family can be entertained and engaged at a 23% savings. They have the largest library of faith-friendly movies and shows. And, this is their best offer. Pure Flix Family Camp Join Pure Flix today, participate in their fun family camp, and enter to win a free 6-month subscription! Giveaway for a 6-Month Pure Flix Membership is open to US residents, age 18 years or older. Winner will be notified by email and have 24 hours to reply to claim the prize. If they fail to do so, a new winner will be chosen. No social media is in any way responsible for this giveaway. PureFlix is responsible for prize fulfillment. a Rafflecopter giveaway @2021, copyright Lisa Ehrman

Chris Tomlin/Kari Jobe/Bethel Music Tour

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Are you ready for COVID to end? We are all still standing. God has and is meeting our needs and wecan’t wait to cry out. This night is going to be a moment to stand and worship. With songs and scripturethat have been shaping your life and will shape the rest of your life in worshiping Christ.There’s a new hope rising. A new passion behind the songs we sing. In the face of one of the hardestseasons we’ve ever endured, our faith in the Gospel is stronger than ever. We are STILL standing.THIS is the time to come back together. THIS is the moment to raise our voices. For the first time everthese amazing worship leaders will be TOGETHER on ONE stage, leading us in ONE voice, lifting up ONENAME!Being led by : Chris Tomlin, Kari Jobe with special guest Cody Carnes, Bethel Music featuring Brian &Jenn Johnson, Brandon Lake, Dante Bowe and Jonathan & Melissa Helser. Get your tickets today and experience this worship event of the Summer in acity near you and enter to win TWO FREE tickets I’ve loved “How Great Is Our God” by Chris Tomlin for years! I love singing it during worship at church, because it reminds me of all the amazing good things that God has done for me in my life. The greatness of God is seen in all of nature, in His offering of free salvation, and the miracles He has done for me. The artists in this concert tour have many wonderful well-known praise songs that will help you to worship and offer thanks to God. You will be able to join many others in this tour that takes place in numerous cities around the country. I hope that you’ll purchase your tickets through the link above! Giveaway Enter to win 2 FREE TICKETS HERE

May Homeschool Resources

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Do you homeschool? If you are teaching high school or are planning to in the future, I’m sure that you may want to learn all you can. Many of us who are veteran homeschool moms have learned many lessons along the way and we would like to share those with you. Over the decades, we have learned so much by trial and error. We hope to spare you any mistakes by laying out the best things we’ve learned. Today, I’m happy to share with you a totally FREE 71-page ebook that contains many articles written by those of us who would love to mentor you in your homeschooling journey. I wrote one of these articles and I hope that it will be a blessing to you. To get the ebook for free, just click on the link below. Homeschooling Middle and High School eBook One thing I looked forward to every year was the inspirational experience of going to a homeschool convention. After the first convention I attended (HEAV), I was hooked. The encouragement was unbelievable. I loved hearing all of the speakers and learning about all the curriculum choices. I spent every minute I could browsing the curriculum fair and used book sales. I always came away with a renewed focus on my calling. Below you’ll find some lists of conventions across the US. If you want to share your favorite convention, please leave it in the comments. Homeschool Conferences Great Homeschool Conferences SEA Secular Conferences Here are some of my recent posts that can help you and your homeschool family. Homeschool life was the. best. thing. we ever did as parents. Although there were some ups and downs in our two decades of homeschooling, I would do it again. I know that it was the right thing for us and I love mentoring young families. If you ever have any questions, please feel free to ask. Homeschooling in 2021 How To Homeschool and Work at Home Homeschool Tips Homeschooling: Is It Worth It? Summer is coming and many of you have already started your summer homeschool break. I wrote a great little ebook that can help you to have a fantastic summer filled with fun and unstructured learning, too. Grab these free printables that are fun for children to use when the family is traveling. They’ll enjoy having a fun Summer Journey journal to help them remember their trip. I love linking up with other inspiring homeschool events, blogs, and speakers. If you want to be featured here at The Frugal Grandmom, let me know. @2021, copyright Lisa Ehrman

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