The 7 Week Challenge launches today- The Fruit of the Spirit is ♥ LOVE ♥

Happy Valentine's Day! I can't believe that the Teaching with the Fruit of the Spirit study begins today with Love. That was totally God's timing as Annie and I planned this study months ago and did not even look at a calendar. His timing is always perfect!

If you have no idea what I am rambling on about, please join us in the 7 week challenge to transform your teaching and parenting with the Teaching with the Fruit of the Spirit study. For the next 7 weeks we are having a mini-study (10 minutes each week) to motivate, encourage and inspire you to be the BEST teacher and/or the BEST parent you are intended to be! {CLICK HERE} to listen to the introduction on TBA Today. You don't want to miss out on this challenge!

Now for today's show on Love, click on play below. (Just make sure to open a separate page if you decide to go blog-hopping while listening to the program.)

Love is the foundation for the rest of the radio shows.  This week's verse is:

"And now these three remain, faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love."

We encourage you to download the verse by clicking on the image above and posting it in four different places so you can see it, meditate on it and be encouraged. Mine are going on the car dashboard, the bathroom mirror, my school planner, and refrigerator door. :)

You can also get last week's verse for Galatians 5:22 by clicking on the picture below:

It is our hope and desire that you will tune in on Tuesdays (anytime) and listen to the recent broadcast of Time Out Tuesdays on TBA Today, which is located on the right sidebar.  We will also be posting a new scripture each week for you to download and memorize, which will center around the fruit of the Spirit for each broadcast.

Please join us in this journey of learning together and make sure to visit Teaching with TLC and Annie's blog below each week to get your scriptures and to share your thoughts....

The Story of St. Valentine

Did you know that Valentine's Day is more than chocolates, cards, and candy hearts? I read The Story of St. Valentine to my kids today and we learned why we celebrate St. Valentine's life on February 14th (the actual date Valentine was persecuted in the year 269). It's a day we can remember St. Valentine and how he told told the emperor and others about Jesus, how he married couples with secret ceremonies in the woods, and how he loved no other god but God alone while refusing to worship Roman gods. Learning about his courageous life makes celebrating Valentine's Day much more meaningful this year.

Happy Valentine's Day!

♥Homemade Magic Shell♥

Since chocolate and Valentine's Day go hand-in-hand, this quick and easy recipe is perfect for a Valentine's Day treat! This is so yummy. My family loves it!

(1) Melt 1/2 cup coconut oil over low heat.

(2) Stir in 12 oz. of chocolate morsels (or 1 1/2 cups) until completely melted.

(3) Allow to cool to room temperature.

Pour over your favorite ice cream and enjoy!

Valentine's Tic-Tac-Toe Games

Play the classic Tic-Tac-Toe game for Valentine's Day since X's and O's represent hugs and kisses. To play, draw the number symbol #. The first person chooses to use either X's or O's, which will be placed on number symbol. The players take turns until a player has 3 of their symbols in a row, whether it is horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. You can use blank paper to play or CLICK HERE for a printable.

Children can also play Tic-Tac-Toe on-line HERE and they can practice math facts using this Tic-Tac-Toe game HERE. 

Have fun!

Take the 7 Week Challenge!

I am so excited to present to you..........

Feb. 14- LOVE

{CLICK HERE} to listen now

I am filled with such joy that I can hardly calm down to write this post! Annie Moffatt from The Moffatt Girls and I have talked about this idea for months and now we are finally able to launch it on TBA Today!  Woo hoo! We want to challenge YOU (and us) to Transform our Teaching and Parenting in 7 Weeks!


What is it? 
For the next 7 weeks we are launching a mini-study (10 minutes each) to motivate, encourage and inspire you to be the BEST teacher you are intended to be and/or the BEST parent you are intended to be!

Our Inspiration?
Coming straight from Galatians 5:22, we will focus on the following key verse:
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."  We hope to share our personal experiences and hearts with you each week as we seek to build each other up. 

As both teachers and parents, we can get tired and feel as though we have nothing left to offer.  Perhaps our patience has run dry, our joy is missing, and self-control is a distant friend.  This simple, yet powerful verse can transform you mind, heart and ability to be all that God has intended you to be. 

How does it work?
Tune in each Tuesday (anytime) and listen to the recent broadcast on TBA Today, which is located on the right sidebar.  We will also be posting a new scripture each week for you to download and memorize.   The scriptures will center around the fruit of the Spirit for each broadcast.

It is our hope and desire that you will join us on TBA Today as we launch this new program!  Our first broadcast is less than 6 minutes and you can still surf the Internet as you listen. (Just make sure to open a separate page while you surf around.)

Click the play icon on the radio widget below:

Here is our first scripture! Why is the scripture repeated four times on the same page?  Well, we are planning to print it and tape it up where we can see it...in 4 different places!  Mine are going on the car dashboard, the bathroom mirror, my school planner, and my refrigerator door.

Click on the scripture to download...

Please join us in this journey of learning together and make sure to visit Teaching with TLC and Annie's blog each week to get your scriptures and to share your thoughts....

     

Feb. 14- LOVE

{CLICK HERE} to listen now

Heart Art

This is one of my favorite Valentine's art projects because it allows children to be creative with hearts, and you'll never see two projects that are exactly the same.

• Give your child several sheets of construction paper in red, black, & white.
• Have your child cut different size hearts from the different colors.
• Be sure to show him how to fold the paper in half for symmetrical hearts.
• He can glue the hearts on pink construction paper to create an animal, a special scene, or anything else he desires.

Cheryl shared below that you can read the book, My Heart is Like a Zoo, to compliment this art project. What a great idea Cheryl! 

Below is the book trailer to watch.

Enjoy!

Being prideful or humble- it's your choice

Pride comes before a fall.

Proverbs 16:18

I love God's word because it never fails to pierce my heart and teach me how to be more Christ-like. I must admit it is not an easy task as I am filled with imperfections but I do try my best to please God and live by His truths.

This verse is a clear reminder that the higher you build yourself up, the higher your fall will one day be. Some translations use the word "destruction" instead of "fall." This verse is something you want to get right the first time because no one likes destruction or even falling down. And the higher you are, the more that fall is going to hurt you. Trust me. I have learned this scripture from experience.

When you are prideful and put others down publicly or even to yourself and you begin to believe you are better than them, a fall is sure to happen. If you ever feel you are too important or over qualified to do a job that you believe is beneath you, a fall is sure to happen. If you publicly flaunt your success and earnings, a fall is sure to happen.

Pride is a sneaky sin and the enemy will constantly tempt us with it. Do you know that every sin comes from pride? That is powerful stuff. We must constantly be on our guard because it can slip into our lives without us even realizing it. You start to believe you "earned" something but in fact, it is by God's grace that you have anything. I have learned the harsh reality of this by experience, too.

Jesus was never prideful even though he was the King of Kings. He made his life about serving others and not promoting Himself. He even washed the feet of others. He taught us about true humility.

I choose to follow Jesus' example. I want to wash the feet of others and encourage and build them up. I'll take the road less traveled if it means I help the most. May God continue to use me to serve Him so He and only He can get the glory.

In honor of Pam, The Vintage Teacher

Today teachers everywhere will be dedicating Freebie Friday to an amazing TBA author that has gone to be with the Lord, Pamela Woods of The Vintage Teacher.
If you did not know Pam, she was one of the first intermediate bloggers and she has laid a strong foundation for many to follow. She was always willing to help out new bloggers get started and was very encouraging to any that knew her. She made history and an impact that will live on and continue to bless others.

All of my products are already free in my Teachers Notebook store but Pam had a favorite of mine that she featured on her blog- 

Colors send signals to the brain without us even thinking about it. Some colors help us focus and some are just plain distracting. Ever wonder why a child may be bouncing off the wall while in a reading center or an area of your home or why a child keeps getting distracted while completing an assignment? It may very well be the colors you have placed in your learning environment that is keeping a child from focusing. As an educator, it's important to know how color influences learning and what colors are best for specific learning environments.

Click on the image below to learn more in this FREE download.

Love you Pam,

Tons of Valentine's Day Ideas!

Click on the image above to find several posts on Valentine's Day ideas
and then keep scrolling down.

Enjoy!

Are you a trader?

I'm a trader and proud of it. :o) 
Happy Sunday!