parenting • education
by Joe Shervell on January 21st, 2016 | No Comments »
Every parent wants to make sure their children have the best start in school, and when it comes to reading, one great way to give them a head-start is through the classics of children's literature. The great authors of literature wrote stories that can capture the imagination of any…
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giving back • my world • Mom It Forward Mondays • tips for giving back
by Mom It Forward on October 31st, 2011 | No Comments »
Service—This week’s Season of Service ch
allenge is to read, either things that inspire you to reach out and help others, or for other people. These are hopefully not your typical ideas, as I think you can readily come up with many ways to read to your children and…
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me • hobbies & me time
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on February 23rd, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I come from a family full of readers. I vividly remember one family vacation in San Diego where my mom read the entire time. She would stop every now and then to read us passages, telling us how much she loved the descriptive language. We all thought that reading must…
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mom • education
by Allie McDonald on October 10th, 2010 | 5 Comments »
When I was in college, I didn't read much for fun. I read all the time, but it was research or text books, not fiction or literature. Our kids can get in the same rut when school starts.
Even children who love to read can find their reading time at…
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my world • raising giving children
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on October 5th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have 10 books with you, which ones would you choose and why?
This is a question my grandma and I discussed over the years. The amazing thing? It never occurred to us that we wouldn’t be able to have…
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Reading: 10 Ways to Convert Your Love of Literature Into Service
