Book #5 for 2025 I started this book several months ago and it finally came up in my TBR queue to finish reading. This book is all about why reading aloud is beneficial to children. My husband started our family read-aloud journey as a “reluctant reader”. We’ve been going strong - reading aloud about 5 … Continue reading Jim Trelease’s Read-Aloud Handbook, 8th Edition
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
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