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    In This House, We Will Giggle: Making Virtues, Love, & Laughter a Daily Part of Your Family Life
    In This House, We Will Giggle: Making Virtues, Love, & Laughter a Daily Part of Your Family Life
    In This House, We Will Giggle: Making Virtues, Love, & Laughter a Daily Part of Your Family Life
    Audiobook6 hours

    In This House, We Will Giggle: Making Virtues, Love, & Laughter a Daily Part of Your Family Life

    Written by Courtney Defeo

    Narrated by Johanna Parker

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    As a mom in the throes of parenting, Courtney DeFeo believes that instilling virtues in children starts with laughter, not lecture. That perspective propelled her to create this idea-packed book, in which she offers motivating reflections, real-life stories, and a sandbox full of inventive ways to help you turn your kids' hearts toward God.


    Each chapter focuses on one virtue that is key for developing your child's character. Along with insights into how this virtue plays out in the nitty-gritty of life, Courtney includes a memory verse, activity ideas, and discussion questions to reinforce that virtue throughout the month. Here you'll find a full year of ways to draw your children closer to God through delightful antics like Family Olympics, One Fancy Feast, and Light 'Em Up.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 10, 2015
    ISBN9781494580704
    In This House, We Will Giggle: Making Virtues, Love, & Laughter a Daily Part of Your Family Life

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      Let me get to the point…LOVE the title, LOVE the subtitle “Making Virtues, Love & Laughter a Daily Part of Your Family Life”, AND LOVE the cover design for Courtney DeFeo’s book, In This House We Will Giggle!!!! :) Therefore I was really excited to read this book. I DEFINITELY want more giggles in our home! Through love and laughter, each of the chapters focus on teaching a different virtue. The virtues included are joy, love, forgiveness, faith, patience, perseverance, respect, responsibility, service, humility, gratitude, and generosity. DeFeo presents the option of focusing on one virtue each month of the year starting with Joy in January through Generosity in December. This is a great way to not feel overwhelmed but give your family time to really learn about, practice, and embrace each virtue. The chapters include a section called “catch phrase for_(the virtue)_, a memory verse for the month, a kid-friendly definition for the virtue, questions to discuss, a Bible story to read (from The Jesus Storybook Bible), activity ideas and more.I started reading the book around the end of January, so I didn’t want to rush to start it in January. However, I loved how some of the virtues go very well with the holidays of a few of the months, such as Love in February, Gratitude in November and Generosity in December. Therefore I decided to start implementing the monthly virtue focus in order, but starting in February with the second chapter Love: Letting Concern for Others Guide Our Behavior. (We’ll go back to January at the end. Don’t want to miss Joy: When the Reality of Life Meets a Heart of Gladness!) The kids have totally jumped on board - doing chores for each other, writing notes, ….! It’s been a sweet family experience so far and we are just starting. :)I’ll close my review with some good questions from the heart of In This House We Will Giggle by Courtney DeFeo…“Our home, and the environment we create within our family, sets up the impression our kids will have of faith and God. Will they believe Jesus loves only well-behaved, model children, or will they know He loves them just as they are? Will they see the Christian life as a series of rules to be followed, or will they follow Jesus because they’ve learned from us what it means to love Him and find joy in being with Him?”’ -pg. 5**I received this book from Blogging for Books for an honest review.