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August 29, 2005
New articles added recently
by flowermama
Barbara Curtis, Christian mommy of 12 and author of several books, has graciously let me add a couple more articles of her's to our website, and there's a good chance more of her articles will be more added to our site in the future.
She's a former Montessori teacher, and the flavor of that perspective can be seen in her writings. I didn't really know anything about the Montessori method until I read her book Small Beginnings: First Steps to Prepare Your Toddler for Lifelong Learning, and I felt impressed with it after reading it. In this book she shares ideas that help moms teach their little ones in a fun way that enriches the whole family's life. It's very uplifting and can help parents enjoy their little ones even more. Actually, it's been years since I've read it, and my little guy is almost one, so I think I'll be pulling my copy out soon! 
She's also written a book about teaching children to read called Ready, Set, Read!, and I've heard good reviews about it, though I haven't read all of it yet.
I'd like to read her other books, and if anyone reading this would like to share a review of any of her books, please do! :D
Here are the articles by Barbara Curtis that were added to our site last night:
Whose Way, After All? - This is an article that shares her concerns about the Ezzos.
No More Chore Wars: How to Get Your Kids to Help at Home - In this article she shares her thoughts about why doing chores helps our children and tips to help encourage them to do them. At the end she includes a list of suggested "chores" that our children can do at various ages and also encouraging Bible verses.
I encourage you to share your thoughts on these articles or anything I've written here. I'd love to know what you think.
[edited Aug 30 at 4:10am to fix the links to the articles since I had them backwards and entitled them incorrectly (I had done it by memory the first time) *blush*
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Posted by flowermama at August 29, 2005 11:10 AM
Comments
That's a handy chore list. I like this new blog/newsletter feauture, Jeri.:)
Posted by: hearttender4 at September 3, 2005 06:49 PM
I love the list of chores, as well as the reminder from my own montessori days that they like and need to do those tasks.
Posted by: Mai Swan at November 24, 2005 10:09 PM
Just browsing websites and wanted to comment (even though this is really old), that Barbara Curtis's book, The Mommy Manual is very good!
God Bless
Posted by: Amy at December 14, 2005 04:36 AM
