Give a Kid a Job and Let Him Figure Out How to Do it

I asked my 13 year old son, Garrett, to put the towel rack back up in the bathroom. I gave him a few tips that I thought might help him figure out how to put it up. I don’t really know how to do it myself. He took it from there, got 10 year old Emma to help, and voila, they put the towel rack up perfectly. Then they went on to put the toilet paper roll holder up, too!

His ingenuity and willingness to try really impressed me. I’m proud of him and glad that he was able to help us with this project and successfully complete it. It made him feel successful and proud of himself, too!

https://www.periscope.tv/penneymaried/1ZkKzyMwAAoxv

Teaching History Using Biographies, Autobiographies, and Living Books from the Library

Come and listen to me and Morgan as we talk about his favorite way to learn History. He reads biographies, autobiographies and other living books (books by one author who is an expert on the subject who really loves the subject). Then he tells me what he knows from what he has read.

https://www.periscope.tv/penneymaried/1BRKjVeVvbgKw?

This post is included in a link-up at http://www.proverbs14verse1.blogspot.com

History with Living Books- Biographies, Autobiographies, Library Books – Part 2

Come and join us as Morgan and I talk about his favorite way of learning History. If you haven’t watched the previous scope, please go to the post before this and watch it, too.

https://www.periscope.tv/penneymaried/1RDxlYWRYpzKL
And here is the first scope we did on this topic:

https://www.periscope.tv/penneymaried/1BRKjVeVvbgKw?