We recognize the benefits of reading to our kids when it comes to how it helps THEM. But, does this reading time, this slowing down of the hurried pace, also benefit us as parents? I believe YES. The Australian Parenting… Continue reading

The University of Cambridge recently released findings (June 28, 2023) about the many cognitive and emotional benefits of reading for pleasure, starting at an early age: Reading for Pleasure Early in Childhood Linked to Better Cognitive Performance and Mental Wellbeing… Continue reading

Cookbooks are books too. An easy, fun, and interactive way to “read” with our kids this summer is to use cookbooks! There are so many benefits to using cookbooks with our kiddoes. We’re asking them to read, think, evaluate, and… Continue reading

We hope to make summer fun for our kiddoes, and we hope to build special moments and memories with them. At the same time, we want to encourage reading fluency and help prepare them for the next educational year. One… Continue reading

I do believe that almost all of us can fit in a few minutes of reading with our kiddoes a day. We just have to believe it’s important and make it a priority. We all juggle a lot of things… Continue reading

As I’m thinking about summer reading ideas for our young kiddoes, I keep going back to my own childhood summers. Daily life really was simpler and slower. My brother and I literally had to choose ONE HOUR a day of… Continue reading

These two concepts have taken on an entirely new meaning for me in “retirement” —which has been incredibly busy. Life really hasn’t slowed down, but I personally am learning to slow down. Learning being the key word here. As a… Continue reading

A few months back, I wrote a blog titled “Incorporate (your idea of) Good Music” and talked about music and reading both being good for the soul.   I also shared ideas about using music during reading time, often instrumental music. … Continue reading

We know it’s important to read to our children and we know that it is also good for us as adults.   “Good” may be an understatement though.  Taking time to read can literally change brain function.  Yes, it is one… Continue reading

Why is reading to our little ones so important, and do we really need to start when they are babies? You decide!  Following are some of benefits of why we should promote reading.  I’m going to focus on these benefits… Continue reading

Yes, there is a song by this title by Lauren Daigle that I have listened to 100 times, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaT8Jl2zpI;  it is simply beautiful.  That song probably influenced this BLOG title, but there is a totally different intention behind it. This… Continue reading

Christmas is upon us!  It’s time to celebrate the birth of our Savior.  All of the “other stuff” really doesn’t matter.  I decided years ago to focus on Christ and gradually let the hustle and bustle go. The main thing… Continue reading