Reviews for Teaching Your Children Joy

The average rating for Teaching Your Children Joy based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-12-07 00:00:00 Iggy Ramos I picked up this book after hearing Richard and Linda Eyre speak at a writers' convention last October. Their presentation was delightful, and they seemed like down-to-earth, laid-back parents who had mostly gotten it right while making their share of mistakes. The Eyres advocate an age-based approach to teaching children: different phases of life require different areas of focus for parents' teaching. The preschool years are critical in helping children learn to be happy throughout their lives. Yet, so often, parents sacrifice joy for a headstart on academic achievement. The Eyres advocate letting our young children be kids and helping them learn joy in different areas of life. They include many practical suggestions, indicating which are suitable for groups of young children as opposed to individuals. Teaching Your Children Joy gently reminds parents what is truly important to young children: security, trust, love, fascination in learning, and joy!

Review # 2 was written on 2009-09-04 00:00:00 Perminder Dubb I read this book because I participated in a neighborhood Joy School for Michael. We did four days on each "Joy" and there were six moms to be teachers. So, I taught a lot of the joys, but not all. This book can be used as a guideline for Joy School, but it was written to be a guide for parents to help them teach and preserve the best joys in life. It is promoting helping your children's social and emotional selves and not just the intellectual one. These are the joys: Section 1: Physical Joys Preserving the Joy of Spontaneous Delight Teaching the Joy of the Body Teaching the Joy of the Earth Section 2: Mental Joys Preserving the Joy of Interest and Curiosity Teaching the Joy of Imagination and Creativity Teaching the Joy of Obedience and Decisions Teaching the Joy of Order, Priorities, and Goal Striving Section 3: Emotional Joys Preserving the Joy of Trust and the Confidence to Try Teaching the Joy of Family Security, Identity, and Pride Teaching the Joy of Individual Confidence and Uniqueness Section 4: Social Joys Preserving the Joy of Realness, Honesty, and Candor Teaching the Joy of Communication and Relationships Teaching the Joy of Sharing and Service Now, when I look at this list I think that these names are really daunting things to teach little children. The names are complicated, but the concepts are not. It has a lot of good anecdotes and suggestions that apply to families. For teaching a joy school, you have to take the idea and run with your own ideas, but the chapter will help you get a feel for the subject and occassionally there are ideas that will work at a preschool. I liked the concepts or "joys" that they want to emphasize to the children because they are basic things that will help them be a well adjusted individual who enjoys life, feels loved, and shows love in return.