The Timeout Papers: Teaching Children to Learn and Grow from Their Mistakes: Teaching Children to Learn and Grow from Their Mistakes - Couverture souple

Follett, Sally

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1644132478 ISBN 13 : 9781644132470

Editeur : Sophia Institute Press, 2020

Synopsis

The TimeOut Papers teach children how to respond to life's mistakes, how to grow their souls and receive awards for virtuous accomplishments.

Otherwise known as "the mistake papers," these succinct little writings are suitable for children aged four and up. They explain why a particular action carried out by a child was improper or sinful, provide a prayer to atone for the mistake with God, and offer suggestions as to what the child can do next to rectify the situation with their neighbor. Along with the little prayers asking God for help are corresponding scripture verses that offer hope and a path toward behavioral change.

The papers are designed to be read to the younger child within earshot of their older siblings and friends. There are writing exercises as well which sharpen children's writing skills as they absorb crucial moral and behavioral lessons.

The easy-to-use papers cover the full range of behaviors that every child needs to learn in order to become fully functioning members of the home and society at large. Categories include disrespecting parents, talking back, whining, swearing, lying, fighting, name-calling, bullying, slamming doors, complaining about going to church, gossiping, tattling, evading chores, not doing homework, and many more. The book is chock-full of instantly accessible solutions for the specific moral challenges and behavioral obstacles that all children face.

Parents and caregivers respond to a child's miscue with a simple, "You have earned a paper!" This frees them from angry words and opens up a page of wisdom and prayer that turn potential heated exchanges into teaching moments with The Holy Spirit. Simply select the appropriate timeout paper from the table of contents and begin teaching from the handy little book that fits in your purse.

"Reward papers" are also included which can be photocopied and given to the child at meal time or bed time. Rewards provide important personal recognition of a virtue gained with a scripture that reinforces the richness of the particular virtue for the soul.

In addition, a one-page daily "Examine" teaches children how consider their days, evaluate their behaviors and deepen their interior lives so that they can live in Christ while finding happiness and fulfillment here on planet earth.

Finally, author Sally Follett provides parents and caregivers with colored instruction sheets that can be quickly understood and used for a lifetime of virtuous teaching. The papers have been written so that any Christian of any denomination will feel comfortable teaching with them. They reflect the gospel way of life and are suitable for church groups, parent groups and Christian school use.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sally E. Follett was raised Lutheran and converted to Catholicism in 1984. She married her high school sweetheart after college, and while they desired children right away, they suffered infertility and miscarriages. After ten years, her motherhood was blessed by adoption, followed by three tummy babies. Sally's career life began in marketing, and she used those skills to homeschool for nineteen years. She enjoys God's creation, being a mother and grandmother, tending her gardens, studying Scripture, entertaining, playing cards, and praying through all that life brings. Sally also contributes to her family business. She is a volunteer healing-prayer minister and is studying to be a spiritual director. Everything she does well, she learned from books and the teachings of others accepting these as gifts from God.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

When my children were young, I used various corrective methods to teach them proper behaviors. But as they grew to four years and older, I realized that simply saying, "Don't do that" was insufficient. They needed an explanation.

All parents want their children to grow in virtue, but achieving this end requires calm, careful instruction across a broad range of disciplines, which, of course, is impossible when a parent is angry and a child is screaming.

So I began to write The TimeOut Papers, presented here in an easy-to-use spiral-bound book.

If Sam is teasing Mazy and she responds in anger, Sam will enter the TimeOut Zone and copy the paper that reads: "Teasing hurts others and causes hard feelings. . . . Dear God, help me to apologize and do something nice for ________________ to make up for being mean." And Mazy will learn through her own writing exercise that " he who has a hasty temper exalts folly (Proverbs 14:29)."

When various situations arose that required correction, I used this gentle method of "punishment without tears" by either reading the appropriate papers aloud to my younger children or by having my older children copy and read them to me.Through this direct, prayerful process, my children learned to resolve behavioral problems in positive ways that led to virtue and reliance on God. They practiced their penmanship too!

The dozens of papers in this book cover misbehaviors that every child needs to overcome in order to function well at home and in society, including disrespecting parents, talking back, whining, swearing, lying, fighting, name-calling, bullying, slamming doors, complaining about going to church, gossiping, tattling, evading chores, not doing homework, and many more. The book is chock-full of instantly accessible solutions for the problems that all children face.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sophia Institute Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1644132478
• ISBN 13: 9781644132470
• Reliure: Couverture à spirales
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible