Kinder Book Club: Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen
At six and four years old, my daughters seem too young for work in a soup kitchen. Luckily, Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan is the next best thing and the perfect addition to the waning days of Help the Hungry Month.
A...
A Toast & A Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving!
Let me share with you my favorite toast. It is wonderfully appropriate for every meal during Help the Hungry Month, and especially so on Thanksgiving Day. It’s actually a Latin American prayer that I adapted from Cook...
Guest Post: Operation Paperback
Our service members make sacrifices every day for our country. It takes so little to let them know that we appreciate what they are doing for us. Operation Paperback supports US troops by giving them the opportunity to escape into a good...
Giving Thanks Together
How do YOU help your kids – along with everyone else – observe Thanksgiving mindfully? Share your ideas and have a chance to win Buddha at Bedtime!
We’re doing our best to make Thanksgiving thoughtful this year.
Thoughtful...
Acting Squirrelly with Sticks & Stones
Hibernation season is upon us. Can’t you feel it in the air? You fellow northerners anyway.
Even in the frigid months when snow blankets the ground, I still want Little Miss to be able to indulge in her favorite activity: building toad...
12 Easy Ways to Give Back Over the Holidays
Between batches of holiday cookies and marching through your gift list, slip in a few hours for a family volunteer project. These simple ideas will help connect your family with the needs in your community, and provide a chance for your children...
Kinder Book Club & Help the Hungry Week 1 Review
Our family has completed the first week of Help the Hunger month, and it has inspired me to dig up a book I raved about last year.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Buddha at Bedtime: Tales of Love and Wisdom for you to...
Literay Toolbox: Empathy and the Sensitive Child
A few months ago I posted about the possibility of too much empathy. For those of you with an extra-sensitive child, you’ve seen this phenomenon in action.
A very sensitive child can be so aggravated by the plight of another person that...
Filling an Empty Bowl
Our family is learning about hunger during this feast-focused month, and yours can too! We’re setting aside five or ten minutes a day to talk about the problem of food insecurity in a tangible way that will (hopefully) get my kids (ages...
