Yesterday, I offered some suggestions for picture books we’ve loved. Today, we’ll move to chapter books. Obviously, we enjoy the usual: Harry Potter, Encyclopedia Brown, the Dogman series, and My Weird School books. The girls, in particular, have enjoyed the Puppy Place and Magic Tree House series as well. We’ve also enjoyed the Mrs....
Category: Engage
Best Thing for Kids
We try very hard not to overschedule ourselves. My general rule is that the kids can do two things at once, which seems to make things manageable. So we do Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, sports, and other random activities, too. But halfway through our second year, I’m absolutely certain that 4H is one of the...
Parenting Process
What I learned in June #1: I have to encourage my children to focus on the process, not the end goal. It sounds so simple, but it’s not. Not really. Because, if I’m honest, I do not encourage my kids to focus on the process; what they mostly hear from me is that the...
My July Challenge
I have been away for a while. June was distracted. We had sports activities, back-to-back weeks of VBS, and the shift from school to summer. We spent a week at my sister’s house. We’ve enjoyed flexible bedtimes. Life has been lovely and chaotic and varied and together. But now it’s time to come back....
Diligence
Diligence is the persistent and intentional effort to do something well. It’s something we all need to have. And it’s something I’ve struggled with for a long time. I can think of easily a handful of places in my life where I really could use more diligence. But the place it’s most obviously missing...