Enjoy the ADVENTure!
This is the first week of advent, the beginning of the Christmas season. Many families use advent calendars or wreath to help count down the days to Christmas and to keep Christ in Christmas.
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Connect With Your Kids Through Books
When I was a young mom, one of my favorite things to do was to try and make picture books come alive for my kids. A few titles that I remember doing this with are Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco, … Continue reading →
Book Review: A Little Blue Bottle
A LITTLE BLUE BOTTLE by JENNIFER GRANT Sometimes our little ones grieve. Our hearts ache. How can we help them grieve with hope when we ourselves are struggling?
Continue reading →The Gospel in Our Stories
We often recognize stories as having a beginning, middle, and end but do we recognize the smaller points of the Gospel, the pointing to God in literature and storytelling?
Continue reading →Top 25 Tips to Raise Readers
Want to raise readers? In your classroom? In your home? Kids or grandchildren? Turn your house or schoolroom into a nest of books. And engage in these Top 25 Tips!
Continue reading →Giving books to children – when and how?
When is the best time to give a child a book? Christmas? Birthday? Reward? When they are feeling down? When they least expect it? Anytime is a good time to give a book. But in my opinion, the best time, … Continue reading →