MrsK Books: The Daily Question for You and Your Child by Waterbrook

Monday, August 20, 2018

The Daily Question for You and Your Child by Waterbrook

The Daily Question For You and Your Child: A Three Year Spiritual Journal

ISBN: 9780525650928

Publisher's Synopsis:

A fun, thought-provoking 365-question guided journal and keepsake that sparks daily interaction with your child to create a memory book capturing your child's life, personality, and faith journey.

This interactive prompted journal allows a parent to create a keepsake of three years of their child's life. By answering each of the 365 questions together on the same date each year, readers will get a unique and precious picture into their child's feelings, development, and personality. Some of the questions focus on spirituality and the child's heart, while some are meant to capture their creativity, spirit, and sense of humor. All questions spark conversations and memories that span well beyond the pages of this book.

MrsK's Review:

My first thought as I opened the covers of this book, was... Goodness there isn't much for me to review. As any established, and seasoned reader... I took a closer look. Now I was pondering how would I ever provide a review that would give this collection its deserved value.

There is no better place to begin a collection of a child's thoughts, personality, interests, feelings, and spiritual insights than in a journal. Every page is formatted for a three year period. As the adult, you can begin as the scribe and as the child gets older they can take over the writing. In our home, we are spending a few moments after dinner to jot down our answers to the daily question. We decided to use our initials followed with our thoughts. From the youngest to the oldest, we are discovering each other in a way that will not be lost in the passing of time.

Here are a few of the questions (remember each question has its own page for each day of the year and each page is divided into thirds for a three year documentation):

Who do you think needs a hug today? (January 4)
If you could live next door to anyone, who would it be? (May 14)
What do you like to pretend? (July 19)
If you were a pirate, what would be in your treasure chest? (November 10)
What gift would you have given the baby Jesus? How can you give Jesus a gift now? (December 9)

It is with much applause, I have discovered how I could review a collection such as this...
Absolutely one of the best discoveries of the year!
Get one for your home, one for a family, one for a friend, and as a gift for any new parent,
MrsK

"Kids grow up fast! It can be hard to take time to stop

and remember all of the unique quirks and beautiful little

pieces of your child's personality...

The Daily Question for You and Your Child is meant to help you do just that."

A unique design,
Wonderful discussion tool,
Perfect family heirloom!

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MrsK's Reading Bio

Reading is important! No questions asked, not even a blink of the eye from any student I grew up with. On the first day of the First grade, we were given our first books. Day two we all read aloud, round robin of course. Day three we were place in our first basal, now known as a lit circle group. Books were so important, publishers designed new curriculum so that every student was reading by the end of the first week. These early readers had images that looked like what we could see in the classroom, beyond the classroom, even on the big screen. Reading is important, throughout history every generation has believed that “Reading” opens up the world for endless possibilities.

I adore the 1950’s Dick and Jane books. Actually, most reading specialists and experienced (45+) educators believe that every student learned to read with Dick and Jane. Since these books are being re-issued, I have heard many parents, grandparents, and students claim that Dick and Jane stories of repetition does teach students to read.

Early influences from my mother influenced my desire to read. I would watch her read and we would go on “secret” excursions to the library. The library became my playground. I owned every book I could carry home, of course they needed to be taken back to their home after visiting with me for a week or two. My first book that I could pull off of the library shelf and read was, Father Bear Comes Home. I only saw my dad on Sundays for a few hours. I would pull this beginning reader off of the library shelf every week. Every week I would try to read the first chapter. Every week I got further in the story. My mom would let me check it out, only if I could read it myself (She didn’t like the illustrations therefore she didn’t want to take time to read it to me). One day, I pulled the book from the shelf and when mom came to get me from the children’s corner, I realized that I had read the whole story. I ran to the check out desk and the Librarian KERCHUNKED the checkout card. My mother, brother and neighbors read. My teachers read. We all read aloud all day long in school. The Priest read aloud every day at mass, even in Latin. Everybody in the Doctor’s office read. People on the bus read. Dad’s waiting in their cars as the Mom’s and children grocery shopped, read. In fact, once you could read and write, Sunset Magazine considered you a reader and sent you mail every day.

Reading is important; I’ve spent my life reading. I’ve traveled around the world and into space through books. My favorite genre is whichever book I have open at the time. Children’s Literature is my passion. Book clubbing is one of the best past times, especially if food is involved. In fact my friends of old are in a book club and we are about to embark on a beach trip to “read” and discuss our newest selection.

My “home-run” book story has helped every student find his or her own “home-run” reads. Every year, I have shared my, Father Bear Comes Home, and every year my students have brought in their “home-run” books. That’s the “diving board” into our Lit. Studies.

In “Growing Up Digital,” Tapscott’s insights into the new generations enthusiasm for the Net reminded me of my generation’s enthusiasm for reading, movies, TV, parties and our driving permits. The Net-Generation, as Tapscott describes, “are learning, playing, communicating, working, creating communities, and enforcing a social transformation.”
N-Geners are interactive “techies” who are always looking for a way to “work it” verses the TV Generation of “Baby Boomers” who started out looking for “how it works.” Reading development is tougher today, society moves too fast to invest their “non-working” free time into a book or even “home work.” Since I stepped into my own classroom, I have seen students being told to read, being forced to read, and threatened into reading. Homework is not any longer the vehicle for students to gain their future lifestyles or careers with. Yet, the Internet does create an enthusiasm for learning. Since I have been enrolled in these courses, I have used the computers in every subject. My students are using the newest technology in the classroom because I am giving them investigative sites to use as they learn from each other and books. I agree with Tapscott, in order to bridge the gap with this up and coming generation we must “live and learn with them.”

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