School Lunches for Picky Eaters Confession: I’m the parent of a picky eater. I’ve been fortunate that our two older children have been pretty laid back about school lunch. One of them always eats a lunch from home due to food allergies. He has been fine eating either a PBJ or ham sandwich, combined with a fruit and veggie, every school day for five years. Bless him. His younger brother likes to mix it up
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Chores for Preschoolers Lindsay Watrous has some great ideas on appropriate chores for preschoolers! I was sorting my pantry today when I came across these three jars: one for chores, one for books, and one for fun learning activities. I made these jars back in 2012 when our two boys were still in preschool here at FUMCG (Ladybugs and Dragonflies). Seeking ways to
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Instant Pot Ideas Hi, this is Tiffany Scharff, the Parent-Tot teacher. I wanted to talk about a new kitchen appliance that I have been using a lot lately, the Instant Pot which is an electric pressure cooker. I have found this appliance to be very helpful in getting food on the table for my busy family. I have found we are eating less fast
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Favorite Blogs for Preschool Moms When the teachers at Gilbert Preschool were asked to write a blog post for our website I thought, “I love reading blogs and spending time being influenced by creative people but what can I write about?” Then it hit me – I will share some of my favorite influencers whether it be on Instagram, YouTube, or the Internet. Here
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Make Ahead Lunch Prep My kids never want to buy lunch at school. Some days during the year I have been known to beg them only because it sounded so much easier than making a lunch every morning. I realized with a little prep on Sunday afternoons and some team work we could solve the problem and eliminate some of the “crazy” from our
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Sunday Meal Prep “What’s for breakfast” and “what’s for dinner” are dreaded phrases in my house. We are so rushed to get out the door in the mornings, I need a quick and easy, but still healthy breakfast, and then by the time evening comes, making dinner is about the last thing I want to do. I had heard a lot about Sunday Meal
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A “Rock’n” Birthday Party! It was time to start planning a birthday party for my soon to be 9 year old, and I had no idea what to do. The thought of having it at our house was a little overwhelming, and her birthday is in May, so a park party was out. I was excited to learn the City of Chandler will host
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Summer Activities “I’m Bored!” We’ve all heard those two dreaded words when you are back from your family vacation, but school isn’t in session yet. As a busy mom, it’s hard to find fun, easy, and inexpensive activities for your preschoolers during the summer. I’d love to share some ideas that I’ve used over the years as well as give you links to some
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Preschoolers and Easter At Gilbert Preschool, we enjoy having a chapel lesson with the children once a week. This lesson introduces our theme of the week. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been learning about the story of Easter. Gilbert Preschool keeps the focus of Easter on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, instead of the Easter Bunny. This can be a difficult subject for
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Christian Themes at Gilbert Preschool At Gilbert Preschool we enjoy learning through different Christian themes throughout the year. Thematic learning occurs when many areas of the curriculum are connected together and integrated within a theme. Our theme for the first week of school is Super Special. We focus on getting to know each other and celebrate how we all are unique and special. We all
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