I love it when you can see the story come alive in their mind by the way their eyes light up or the statements they make or the amazing questions they ask that make you wonder how it looks in their mind.
I also love the first stages of learning how to read themselves. Our granddaughter is in kindergarten, just turned 6 yesterday, and she is fantastic how she reads. I am enjoying each struggle and step of progress as she picks up more vocabulary and skill.
Today I am going to volunteer in her school for their 'Buddy Reading Time'. I am so glad that I live close enough to her and am involved in her life enough to enjoy this experience. I think every parent or grandparent would miss out if they didn't try at least some simple way to get involved with their family schools.
Our kids today need us to pay attention to them, they need us to take the time to look them in the eye and speak kindly with them and not dismiss them because of our busy lifestyles. If we each took more time to acknowledge the kids around us and make them feel important what kind of difference would that make?
As adults that should be something we are keenly aware of, even we look for acknowledgement and connection everyday. If we so eagerly seek this in relationships, in work, in life why wouldn't it have started with childhood? The children who have a deeper sense of family connection and sense of value or worth grow to be adults who have a better self esteem and confidence about them.
Maybe you missed out on the healthy connection and life instilling messages when you were a child. Use this as more reason to try to impart what you missed into the little lives you have around you. Make a difference!
Ok, so I posted this today because it comes back to why I am doing what I am doing here- AllThingsNew. I am really hoping that the items I create, the people I meet, the events I attend and the stories I share; that it all is to make a difference around me. I want to inspire you to look at life and your own world with fresh eyes and seek the possibilities you may have forgot to search for. I would love to seek greatness in my own life and I hope you find the way to do this in your own!
May your day be slow ~not hurried and stressful,
may your eye see the life and beauty around you,
may your heart feel the love and grace felt for you from above and within your family & friends,
may your home be peaceful and prosperous and may you be bursting with a desire to share!
You are loved!
Take care today
BettyK
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| Our son walking his daughter to the first day of school :o) |
