Parenting Your Kindergartner: A Guide to Making the Most of the "Look at Me!" Phase

by Kristen Ivy, Reggie Joiner

Parenting Your Kindergartner 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 quickly. It's as if they shift or move on 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 Kindergartner is a concise and interactive guide that simplifies what you need to know about kindergartners in general and gives you a place to discover more about your own kindergartner, so you can make the most of this phase. You often feel like the school day is too long for your kid, and maybe a little too short for you, but you might be in one of the best phases of your child's life. THIS IS THE PHASE WHEN UNFILTERED WORDS MAKE YOU LAUGH, SCHOOL DROP-OFF MAKES YOU CRY, AND LIFE BECOMES A STAGE WHERE YOUR KID SHOUTS, "LOOK AT ME!" Discover...
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. Designed in partnership with Parent Cue, this guide is one volume in an 18-part series to help you parent your child through every year.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

63 pages, Paperback

Published July 18, 2017

Reviews

[Brooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

This simple, straightforward book was incredibly helpful. I like how it gives you important ideas to talk about with your kindergartener (such as sex and being responsible with technology) but instead of telling you exactly what to say they give you suggestions as well as journal prompts so you can think through what and how you want to communicate with your kindergartener about those topics.

I also liked how it provided information about what your kindergartener can do physically (I just bought my daughter some roller skates and a jump rope after reading the book because I hadn’t even thought about introducing her to those things yet!), suggested books to read with your kindergartener, ways to have fun with your kindergartener, etc.

Although I didn’t like the chapter titled “52 weeks with your kindergartener” and I will NOT be measuring or counting down each week, I will be picking up the first grade book next year because there was so much great info in this book.

[Danielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

This boon was more simplistic than I was hoping, and I felt like most of the actionable things were intended for parents who have one child.

Most of this book is in the format of prompt-journaling and does not have a lot of advice. The actual writing of the book was very brief and I was able to read all of it in about 10 minutes.

For more practical advice that covers a wider age range, I much preferred How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.

[Jenn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wish there was a more accurate description (or preview) of the intention of this book before I bought it. I was hooked by the 4 topics that I'm desperate for nuanced and insightful guidance on as a parent: health, sex, technology, faith. What should I be thinking about? How can I approach these topics in conversation, in habits, as principles in the home? This book took about 10 minutes to get through content-wise because it is meant as a journal. Though there are some thoughtful prompts, it's not nearly the level of nuance I need.