Consistent application of even a few of the recommendations in this book will increase the connection between parents and family.
Category: Book Reviews
Book Review: The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
This book of parables can be life changing if one takes each of the suggestion and immediately begins applying them to finances.
Book Review: The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson
Are you looking for a series to read aloud with your kids? This could be a perfect one, keeping in mind there are some difficult and potentially scary scenes if your children are young.
First Grade Curriculum Review
These are the resources we used during our first year of formal lessons. We loved almost all of them and will use most again next year.
Book Review: A Place to Belong by Amber O’Neal Johnston
“Amber O’Neal Johnston shows parents how to create a home environment where children feel secure in their own personhood and culture, enabling them to better understand appreciate people who are racially and culturally different.”
Book Review: Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz
As a family, we have been tackling the challenges that come with dyslexia. This book provides a detailed explanation of the disability itself and walks through ways to address the different facets.
Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
This is an incredible story of an young woman who died in 1951, her involuntary yet miraculous contributions to science, and the impacts this had on her surviving family. Highly, highly recommend.
Book Review: Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff
This is the parenting book I have been looking for. Not only does it dismantle the destructive tendencies of Western parenting, but it also provides easy daily applications for how to bring peace and cooperation into my household.
Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It was eye-opening, entertaining, and a door into a world I had never considered before.
Book Review: The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart
I love reading nonfiction books, but I am not magnetized to them the way I am to novels. However, I had a hard time putting this one down. There were so many nuggets to help me flourish in my relationship with my kids. Highly, highly recommend.