I recently read in an article that what you teach your children in the first five years of life is crucial to their character development. I wish I would have saved the article to reference for you. It really hits home with me and reminds me that I have a lot of work...
Today's post is a part of my linky party called Make A Difference Monthly. Each month I write about a specific character trait to share ideas on how parents, teachers and other caregivers can teach traits to children. I began this linky party back in April. Check out...
Every month, I host a linky party for bloggers to post their ideas on teaching character. It's a great resource for parents, teachers and any other caregivers that work with children to refer back to. This month we are talking about Caring. I think books are a...
This month's character trait we are focusing on is Caring. How do you teach your children (at home or in the classroom) to be caring towards others? If you blog about it, please link up and share your ideas. Don't forget to add my button to your blog post so readers...
Welcome back to Make A Difference Monthly. I am super excited about all the "pins" on pinterest for this linky party and for the emails I have been getting from readers that they are using the resources and ideas shared in this monthly linky party. Below is a review...
Books that Teach Fairness As a part of Make a Difference Monthly, I create a list for parents and teachers to refer to when looking for resources on a specific character trait. If you would like to check out ideas on teaching Fairness to children, visit this post....
Welcome to our third month of sharing ideas on teaching character traits! In April we shared ideas on teaching Empathy, in May we discussed Respect, and this month our focus is on Fairness. For those of you who have linked up in the past, I changed it from Make a...
Books That Teach Respect 1. Spaghetti In A Hot Dog Bun-Maria Dismondy (that's me!) 2. Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon-Patty Lovell 3.The Berenstein Bears Show Some Respect-Jan & Mike Beranstein 4. Arther's Eyes-Marc Brown 5. Giraffes Can't Dance-Giles Andreae 6. Do...
I am thankful to the bloggers who contributed to this list of books that teach empathy. You can see their suggestions of activities, songs, videos and more over at Make A Difference Mondays. I will continue to add books to this list based on your suggestions in the...
Welcome to Make A Difference Mondays! Today we are linking up ideas on teaching children about RESPECT. If you missed out on last month, we linked up ideas on the character trait EMPATHY. If you are new to this linky party, you can read the story behind the idea and...
Book Review: Bloom by Kelle Hampton I've just finished reading the book Bloom by Kelle Hampton. At the end of May, I get to attend a book club where we will get to skype with the author. I am really looking forward to this event. I've been reading Kelle's blog for a...
Bloggers, Don't forget to link up this month with my linky party Make A Difference Monday! If you have written a post in the past about teaching empathy or have a favorite book, lesson, video, song. etc. to share, please link up here. Spread the word. I am giving away...
Welcome to Make A Difference Mondays. I will be hosting a linky party on the first Monday of every month. You can join the linky party by following the simple steps here. Each month we will focus on a different character trait. This linky party will serve as a...