Book Review: 365 Bible Stories for Young Hearts

365 BIBLE STORIES FOR YOUNG HEARTS uses vocabulary that young children can understand without speaking down to them. The Stories are broken down into approximately one page per day. There are is a picture for almost every story/page. The pictures for the most part are realistic. This book is recommended for ages 5 and up, but I believe that it will effectively keep the attention of my almost-two-year-old, and definitely be appropriate for my three-year-old. Some of the things I liked about this book are that the story of the Fall of Man includes their punishment. The story of Cain and Abel explains that the reason for God's rejection of Cain's gift was his heart attitude. This book also includes passages from Leviticus about the rules the Israelites were to follow and their feasts that most books do not include. As I skimmed through this book (reading several of the passages, but not all), one thing I found that was not accurate was the picture of the empty tomb of Jesus that showed the grave clothes a mess like He was unwrapped instead of neat and untouched. Overall I was impressed with this book and am considering purchasing it to use with my children.

Book Review: The Jesus Storybook Bible

I have been searching for the"perfect" Bible storybook for my kids. My requirements are that it is Biblically accurate, pleasing pictures, and will keep the short attention span of my almost two year old.

The concept of THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE is a good one. Pointing the child to Christ in every story throughout the Bible. However, I had a few problems with this book. I am of the opinion that children's books should be written for children, not down to children. Throughout this book I find the author writing down to children. For example, in the story of Creation instead of saying "God said 'let there be light'" the author writes "God said 'Hello light'" etc. Some of the stories, such as Noah's ark, and the temptation of Jesus, are quite abrieviated leaving out important details. Over all I would say the the lituracy of this book is, as Charlotte Mason would say, twaddle. The pictures are impressionistic and very colorful. This is not a book that I will purchase.

Benefits of Healthy Eating

We all know that we should be watchful of what we eat. Everywhere we go we are told to eat healthy from the news, to radio and TV ads, to the grocery store and packages of cereal or vegetables that say "Five a day the color way." But why should we eat healthy foods? Of course we all know its to be healthy. But most of us are healthy, or so we think. So why bother to change what isn't broke? Let's be more specific about just what eating better will do for us.

First of all there are benefits that you will notice rather quickly. They are
*weight control
*more energy
*greater mental alertness
*healthier skin, hair, and eyes and therefore a more youthful appearance
*more stable emotions,
*freedom from common digestive discomforts
*increased immunity
*injuries heal faster and better
*slower aging, and longer life.

And if that's not enough, eating healthy also helps you to avoid diet related diseases that many people develop after they turn 40 such as
*adult on-set, type 2, diabetes
*heart trouble
*high cholesterol
*osteoporosis
*some cancers
*and strokes.

So what does eating healthy mean? It's a diet that's low fat and high fiber: low in meat and dairy foods, low in refined carbohydrates, high in unrefined carbohydrates, and low sodium. I'll get into more specifics of a healthy diet as time goes on.

You wouldn't put diesel fuel in car intended to run on unleaded gasoline, so why feed your body the wrong food. Your body is much more important than a car! Instead, do yourself, and your family, a favor and give your body the fuel that it needs to operate the way that God intended it to.

Physical Health Websites

I have decided to combine my two blogs into this one. So here are a few sites that I recommend on Physical Health:

Nutrition
Wholesome Baby Food all you need to know about what to feed your baby
healthy food.


Fitness
PregnancywithoutPounds.com "Fast-track your way to looking fantastic, feeling full of energy and ensuring a healthy baby with the #1 Pregnancy Program…
Starting Today!" Michelle also has a program for postpartum to get you back to that prebaby state.
SixPackNow.com more than just developing six packs this site gives you what
you need to know to tone or build your muscles and lose weight by
giving you a personalized plan including what strenght training
exercises to do, what cardio exercises to do, and what to eat. A joint
membership for husband and wife is available as well as individual
memberships.


Chemical awareness
FourPointWellness important information about the physical harm that
common household chemicals cause.
The Green Guide from National Geographic has a buyer's guide to let you
know what products are safe.