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July 27, 2022
What If Everybody Did That? Summary and Worksheet
What If Everybody Did That? is a book by Colleen M. Madden that teaches children about the effects of little misbehaviors.
The book is available in hardcover and as an eBook.
Read the book to your kids or show this video read aloud of the book on YouTube:
What If Everybody Did That? Book SummaryIn response to a series of little misbehaviors, various people ask a young boy, “What if everybody did that?” The pictures in the book show the boy imagining the catastrophic effe...
July 8, 2022
June 2022 Project Report
In addition to the concrete goals I’m working towards this year, I’m also sharing the vision for why the goals exist in the first place. A vision describes the concrete experience of achieving a goal. Working towards a vision increases the motivation to achieve goals as long as there is alignment. Here is my overall vision for the year along with the visions for each individual goal I’m working towards.
My 2022 VisionI called 2022 my “Year of the Worksheet.” I...
June 27, 2022
Kindness is My Superpower: Book Summary and Worksheet
Kindness is my Superpower is a book by Alicia Ortego that teaches kids to practice random acts of kindness.
The book is available in paperback, hardcover, and as an eBook.
Read the book to your kids or show this video reading of the book on YouTube:
Kindness is my Superpower Book SummaryLucas was in a bad mood and he said something mean to his friend, Lisa. Lucas’s mother teaches him the importance of being kind. Lucas decides to make kindness his superpower the next day...
June 10, 2022
May 2022 Project Report
In addition to the concrete goals I’m working towards this year, I’m also sharing the vision for why the goals exist in the first place. I find a vision to be much more motivating than a goal, but a goal to be much easier to act upon than a vision.
My 2022 VisionI called 2022 my “Year of the Worksheet.” I wish I had made worksheets my priority sooner. This was one of my most prolific and profitable years yet. I published more products and produced more creativ...
May 25, 2022
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Book Summary, Questions, and Worksheet
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a book by Charlie Mackesy about a boy who learns some important truths and life lessons from his conversations with a few unique animals.
The book is available as an eBook and hardcover.
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Book SummaryA boy meets a mole. The boy is a little lonely and the mole wants cake. They have a nice conversation about the kindness and the simplicity of life. They meet a fox. The fox is hurt and angry and in a...
May 10, 2022
April 2022 Project Report
In addition to the concrete goals I’m working towards this year, I’m also sharing the vision for why the goals exist in the first place. I find a vision to be much more motivating than a goal, but a goal to be much easier to act upon than a vision.
My 2022 VisionI called 2022 my “Year of the Worksheet.” I wish I had made worksheets my priority sooner. This was one of my most prolific and profitable years yet. I published more products and produced more creativ...
May 4, 2022
The Old Man and the Sea Worksheets & Reflection Questions
The Old Man and the Sea is a classic work of literature by Ernest Hemingway. The book has been an inspiration to adults and teenagers for many years. A thorough reading of the book unveils a number of important themes including friendship, perseverance, and humility.
The Old Man and the Sea was one of my favorite books in high school. I recently re-read it for the first time in decades and loved it just as much as the first time.
After reading the book, I created a few worksheets to ...
April 14, 2022
March 2022 Project Report
In addition to the concrete goals I’m working towards this year, I’m also sharing the vision for why the goals exist in the first place. I find a vision to be much more motivating than a goal, but a goal to be much easier to act upon than a vision.
My 2022 VisionI called 2022 my “Year of the Worksheet.” I wish I had made worksheets my priority sooner. This was one of my most prolific and profitable years yet. I published more products and produced more creativ...
March 29, 2022
The Weight of a Mass: Book Summary, Questions, and Worksheet
The Weight of the Mass is a book by Josephine Nobisso and the importance of the Eucharist and the mass in our lives today.
The book is available in paperback and on Amazon Kindle.
Read the book to your kids or show this video reading of the book on YouTube:
The Weight of a Mass Book SummaryA poor widow begs a baker for a scrap of bread, but the baker is unwilling to help her. She offers to give one Mass for the baker in payment for the bread. He would rather have real...
March 28, 2022
Maybe God Is Like That Too: Book Summary, Questions, and Worksheet
Maybe God Is Like That Too is a book by Jennifer Grant about the ways we can see the fruits of the Holy Spirit in our world today.
The picture book is available in hardcover.
Read the book to your kids or show this video reading of the book on YouTube:
Maybe God Is Like That Too Book SummaryA young boy asks his grandmother if God is in their city. She tells him to look for the fruits of the Holy Spirit throughout his day. Where love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, go...
