There's no doubt that my two Littles love each other. They play together peacefully for long stretches of time, laugh hysterically for reasons only known to them, and comfort each other with hugs and pats on the head. They have their own little world together. But sometimes, a playful push becomes a shove, a laugh becomes a shout, a hug becomes a too-tight … [Read more...]
Virtue in Focus: Kindness
We Choose Virtues, the fantastic tool that we are using to help us work on and acquire virtues, inspires kindness by way of its very simple catchphrase: I treat others the way I like to be treated. It's what the Bible says, in simpler words. There are numerous opportunities in our daily lives to teach our children kindness. The simplest one is through modeling kindness … [Read more...]
Virtue in Focus: Attentiveness
This is the fifth post in my series "Virtues in Focus." Click here to read the rest. Listening is different from hearing. It is one of the concepts that struck me when I was training to be a Kindermusik educator three years ago. Hearing is biological. You hear with your ears. It happens simply, naturally, automatically. A sound reaches your ear. You hear it. … [Read more...]
