Not only am I really excited about working through "Alexander's Amazing Adventures" with my own children, I am thrilled to be hosting my first "give-away". The full-year program, valued at US$72.Instead of always dealing with problems that come up in our children's lives, let's take a proactive approach and start teaching them about key values that will help them in every aspect of their lives.
And why not do it in a fun and enjoyable way - so that not only are we building into their lives, we are building our relationships with them too.
I don't have a fancy blog with a special give-away format - but looks aren't everything. :-)
To go into the draw, just pop a comment at the end of this post by 14 November 2015, and share what character trait is the most difficult to teach to your children. Another way to enter is to find this photo on my facebook page and write a comment below it there.
I will draw the winner on Sunday 15 November.
To get some more information about Alexander's Amazing Adventures, check out their website here.
And congratulations to Sarah Perry, who won a free copy of Alexander's Amazing Adventures.
14 comments:
I love your point about being proactive before problems pop up and how teaching can improve relationships! Thanks for hosting this giveaway for us Bellinda!
~Jen Brimhall
Resilience. That is the character trait that I found is missing in today's society. I see it at school, in my role as chaplain especially.
No resilience leaves kids with hurt and no hope. That is where we can show them to Christ, but in a public school that's a challenge. Always hopeful that God will save, heal and restore those who are hopeless. Xx Liesl.
I have a difficult time teaching my children appreciating what they have and not always wanting more.
My kids have listened to the free episode of Alexander many times and love it. The quality that is hard for me to teach is accountability
Self discipline or respect are definitely the harder ones in our family :/ I have three strong willed boys that really struggle with those!
Small time blogs are great! I'm excited to potentially win this. I've heard so many great things about Alexander amazing adventure. I'm trying to teach my two year old about lying/truth.
I have 4 boys, 6 and under. We are really struggling with respect with them. They seem to be so impulsive and reactive--often ruining things or hurting people. I understand that boys can be rough and active, but I have not been successful at teaching them in a way that really changes their behavior.
I think grit and working hard aren't things that are learned over night. Integrity is something I want my children to really understand as well.
For my child who is very shy, I think that compassion and friendshipping has been the most difficult to actually apply. She is able to be very compassionate and reach out to her stuffed animals, but a real live person is much more intimidating for her, and so she hasn't been much of a friend to others. But I am hoping that with more teaching, and gently providing opportunities, she will grow out of it as she goes to school.
Teaching my children 'peaceability' is a hard one for me because I tend to have a short temper and am working on that. It's hard to teach them to be calm when I'm still learning to count to 5 in my head before I "react" to anything! ;) I would love to have this series! So valuable!
Self Control is probably the hardest one.... Big emotions for little kids can be hard to process and express in an appropriate way.
I would love to win this subscription. I find moderation to be the most needed for my 8 year old son. Courage for my 7 year old daughter... for sure ! Kindness and Friendliness for my 4 year old... Oh yeah! And self reliance and potential would be powerful for my 10 year old daughter. She has so much potential (of course they all do) but she came to us so amazing and I worry that I do not do her justice in my ability to encourage her potential. :) Great Contest.
teaching patience is proving difficult :-)
I got 42 entries for this give-away and today Hezekiah got to draw the winner. We have been enjoying learning about Honesty with Alexander's Amazing Adventures this month, and Hezekiah earned the "Honesty Under Pressure" certificate this week. There were a number of times this week that he told the truth (when I know it was tempting to lie). Well done Hezekiah.
And congratulations to Sarah Perry (who entered on my blog), who won a free copy of Alexander's Amazing Adventures.
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