This month, Megan Stewart and Mary Croxford teamed up to discuss Kindness and Friendliness. As a special bonus, they are giving away a Helping Hands chart from Brite Music! Giveaway details are below!
Posts in the "Monthly Value" category:
Update on the Value Unselfishness and Sensitivity: Active Listening and Kitchen Duty
Mary Croxford used the Golden Rule, a new cleaning rule, and baked goods to teach her children unselfishness and sensitivity. Her results? She says they have been super!
Update on the Value Respect: Encouraging Respect in our Family
We decided that there were many areas we could work on to bring more respect into our home. We all brainstormed a list of different ways and voted on three behaviors that we would especially focus on this month. ALL of our children really got into this activity. It was really heartwarming!
Introduction to April’s Value: Respect
The importance of respect is self-evident. Children who learn both to implement and to understand the principle of respect will be better members of society, better friends, and better leaders.
Update on Peaceability: Introducing the Value to Our Family
September is a great month for this value. It automatically lends itself to the idea of becoming more routine-oriented as we set goals for the school year and begin to put more structure back into our lives. I love the routine we have developed for this month. Not everything is coming off perfectly but, it is falling into place. Having a routine is a great way to bring more peace into our homes.
June Wrap Up for the Values Justice and Mercy
Here are a few of the very handy tools I’ve found for teaching children about justice and mercy. I think kids are very visual, tactile learners, so having a few tangible things they can see has been very helpful for us. We’ve only used a few simple tools, but they all have been extremely effective. […]
Monthly Value Update: Justice and Mercy
How has this month’s value, Justice and Mercy, been going for you all? I started out this month completely overwhelmed and clueless as to how to teach this value. I also had a hard time believing that this was as necessary as “honesty” or “love”. I realized right away that I was wrong. Just in […]
April wrap up for the values “Unselfishness and Sensitivity”
Welcome! If you are new to this area of the website, we are so glad you stopped by and want to invite you to share with us any ideas that you have or things you have done with your own family as you teach the monthly value. We can learn so much from each other! […]
Monthly Value Report: Teaching by Example
This month, I have been struggling what to write….how do you teach a 3-and-4-year-old about fidelity and chastity? I think for this month, taking things down all the way to the basics for them is enough. What are the basics? Setting an example. Be an example of fidelity and chastity in your own marriage or […]
Monthly Value Update: Teaching Self-Reliance and Potentiall
I had quite a few ideas for October. Even though the month is over, I thought I’d share a few thoughts and ideas with you because the value of self-reliance is extremely important. Not only is it important, but it’s one that adults don’t seem to teach enough or even practice enough themselves a lot […]
October Booklist
For October’s value of self-reliance and potential, here is a list of books that I found for you to read with your children. I tried to get a good mix of older and younger children’s books. As always, please feel free to leave any feedback or suggestions for the booklist. Happy reading! Oh! The Places […]
September Value Wrap-Up
How has everyone’s September gone? Peaceablilty is such an important value. I’m sad to report that I have been a total slacker this month as far as stopping to take the time to instigate too much “officially”. I had a little one back in June and he’s kept me pretty busy! We did at least […]