Archive for April, 2009

Whom do YOU love?

The other day I did a project with my kids to help teach the concept of ‘loving your neighbor as you love yourself.’  I found a nice arts and crafts project on how to make hugging hands on a website called Chinuch.org.  We made these ‘hands’ out of oak tag and construction paper.  The kids [...]

Are You Speaking Your Child’s Love Language?

I have been reading “The Five Love Languages of Children” and I am loving it!  Reading it and applying my new learning is significantly impacting the way I show love to my kids.  And I am noticing a change in their behavior as well.  They are feeling our love and responding so well to it. [...]

When We Listen to Understand…

A few months ago we received a phone call from a parent of a boy my son goes to school with.  The mom asked if my son would be interested in coming over to play with her son at their house after school the next day.  My husband and I were excited about this.  We [...]