Tag: Parenting
The Spiritual Benefits of Reading Aloud to Children
I start to read and I wonder if anyone is even paying attention. But then we pause to comment on a character or a setting or a plot twist, and I know that reading aloud is one of the most valuable times in our day.
Look at the Child in Front of You
“Look at the child in front of you.”
This is sound advice in a faith formation program (and for life in general), but I’ve also been bringing it into my homeschooling approach.
Building Executive Function Skills in Moms and Kids
Ginny Kochis talks about building executive function in moms and kids. #executivefunction #homeschooling
The Gift of Reading Aloud
Reading aloud can create a time set aside in your day when your relationship is nourished. #reading #parenting #homeschooling
Speaking Your Child’s Love Language Can Help Homeschooling
Having a healthy relationship with your children can only improve the environment in your home and the homeschooling experience.
How to Raise Chaste Catholic Men
In today’s highly sexualized world, is it possible to raise chaste Catholic men? Leila Miller argues that it is. While nothing is guaranteed in parenting…
Embrace Your Season of Life
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. – Ecclesiastes 3:1 God seems to like to keep us on…
Help your Homeschooled Introvert to Thrive
Are you homeschooling an introverted child? Introverted and extroverted are ways of describing how people prefer to interact with the world. According to Susan Cain,…
Why and How You Should Read Aloud to Your Children
Reading aloud to your children can help “build a child’s vocabulary, sow the seeds of reading desire, and help kids continue to love books well…
5 Tips for Teaching Children to Follow Verbal Instructions
This scene happens frequently in our house: Me: “Mouse, please go upstairs, make your bed, pick up the clothes on the floor, and bring down…