Parenting Your First Grader: A Guide to Making the Most of the "Look at Me!" Phase - Softcover

Kristen Ivy; Reggie Joiner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1635700434 ISBN 13: 9781635700435

Publisher: Orange Books, 2017

Synopsis

Parenting Your First Grader

MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY PHASE IN YOUR CHILD'S LIFE

You have approximately 936 weeks from the time your child is born until he or she graduates from high school. It goes by fast, and kids change and grow so quickly. It's as if they change just as you're starting to figure them out. It all makes the responsibility to shape a child's faith and character feel overwhelming.

Parenting Your First Grader is a concise guide that simplifies what you need to know about six-year-olds in general and offers interactive ways to discover more about your own child to help you make the most of this phase.

Discover ...

• what's changing about your first grader over the next 52 weeks,
• the 6 things your six-year-old needs most,
• and 4 conversations to have in this phase.

About the Phase Guides

Parenting Your First Grader is part of a series of books designed especially for busy people. These guides are more than a "journal" but less than a detailed "manual." Use this book to look ahead at key ways your child will be growing this year: physically, mentally, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. Jot down thoughts and observations to help you make the most of this phase.

For more, check out other books in this series: Don't Miss It, a concise volume to help you parent every week like it counts, and It's Just a Phase, an in-depth look at each phase, especially for church leaders. These resources are designed in partnership with Parent Cue (ParentCue.org).

About the Phase Project

The Phase Project, including this guide, is a synthesis of personal experience, academic research, and gatherings of leaders and educational experts from across the child development spectrum.

Parent Cue is affiliated with a non-profit Christian organization whose mission is to help kids and teenagers have an authentic faith that supports their future.

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About the Author

About the Authors

Kristen Ivy is executive director of the Phase Project. Kristen blends a background in child development with a Master of Divinity and over 15 years of leading children and students. She and her husband, Matt, have three children in the preschool and elementary phases.

Reggie Joiner is founder and CEO of Orange, an organization designed to redefine ministry approaches for churches and family environments. For nearly 40 years, he's mentored teachers and leaders who influence the next generation. Reggie and his wife, Debbie, have raised four kids into adulthood.

Edition details

• Publisher: Orange Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1635700434
• ISBN 13: 9781635700435
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 63