Book #4 for 2025 I found this at a library book sale and bought it because I loved the title. It’s a collection of 60 devotionals by Kerri Pomarolli. At first, I felt like because I didn’t totally identify with the author and I didn’t totally agree with everything that she said, I didn’t know … Continue reading She Rises Late and Her Kids Make Her Breakfast
Book #3 for 2025 "The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind" by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. This is a really cool book all about parenting using neuroscience. I loved it! The authors even created a unique tool where at the end of each chapter there’s … Continue reading The Whole-Brain Child
Grown-up book #2 for 2025 “Honey for a Teen’s Heart: Using Books to Communicate with Teens” by Gladys Hunt and Barbara Hampton I’m a huge supporter and proponent of family read aloud time. If you aren’t currently reading aloud with your family, I encourage you to give it a try. This book, and Honey for … Continue reading Honey for a Teen’s Heart
We don’t live in Idaho anymore, but I just love the Idaho Falls library reading challenges! The library itself is really beautiful and has an indoor Koi pond. Perhaps the ambience adds to the creativity of the librarians there. Obviously, we can’t get the prizes from the library and we can’t do all of the … Continue reading Winter Reading Challenge 2024-2025
I bought this book for the booklist but I got more than I anticipated. Though the subject matter was “preaching to the choir”, I got more out of it than I expected. Here are some of my favorite take aways: As parents we are concerned about building whole people - people who are alive emotionally, … Continue reading Honey for a Child’s Heart
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