by funfelt on June 2, 2010
Here are some great books about Dad that your kids can enjoy as we approach Father’s Day! Do you have any to add to my list? Leave it in the comments!
A Cloak for the Dreamer by Aileen Friedman
A Perfect Father’s Day by Eve Bunting
Animal Dads by Steve Jenkins
Butterfly Kisses: A Narrative Poem Celebrating the Love between
Fathers and Daughters by Bob Carlisle, Brooke Carlisle
Dad’s Dinosaur Day by Diane Dawson Hearn
Daddies Are for Catching Fireflies by Harriet Ziefert
Daddy and Me by Karen Katz
Daddy Day, Daughter Day by Larry King
Daddy’s Lullaby by Tony Bradman
Emily and Her Daddy by Claire Masurel
Father Bear’s Special Day by Else Holmelund Minarik
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Hop on Pop-up!: How to Raise a Happy Father with a Little Help from
the Good Doctor by Dr Seuss
I Love My Daddy by Sebastien Braun
I Love My Daddy Because… by Laurel Porter-Gaylord
I Shop With My Daddy (Hello Reader. Level 1) by Grace MacCarone
In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers
by Javaka Steptoe
Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch
Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer
Just the Two of Us by Will Smith
Me and My Dad by Stuart E. Hample
My Dad Can Do Anything by Stephen Krensky
My Dad is Awesome by Nick Butterworth
My Grandpa is Amazing by Nick Butterworth
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine by Evaline Ness
The Berenstain Bears and the Papa’s Day Surprise by Stan and Jan Berenstain
The Sick Day by Patricia MacLachlan
The Daddy Book by Todd Parr
The Day I Saw My Father Cry by Bill Cosby
The Ten Best Things About My Dad by Christine Loomis,
What Dads Can’t Do by Douglas Wood
What Makes My Daddy Best by Burton Albert
What Daddies Do Best by Laura Joffe Numeroff
by funfelt on January 29, 2010
Use these questions as prompts for discussion around the dinner table (adapt them for very young children), or have older children write down their answers.
REMEMBERING 2009:
What was your biggest accomplishment in 2009?
What was the smartest decision you made in 2009?
What is one word you would use to describe 2009?
What was the greatest lesson you learned in 2009?
What was the nicest thing you did for someone else in 2009?
What is something you started but did not finish in 2009?
What are you most happy about finishing in 2009?
Who were 3 people who made a difference for you in 2009?
What was the biggest surprise of 2009?
PLANNING 2010:
What do you want to be your biggest triumph in 2010?
What advice would you give yourself in 2010?
What would you be most happy about doing in 2010?
What fun thing would you love to do in 2010?
What would you like to change about yourself in 2010?
What do you want to learn in 2010?
What is one new skill or talent you want to develop in 2010?
What will bring you more happiness and joy in 2010?
Who can you help in 2010?
What is a one word theme for your life in 2010?
by funfelt on December 28, 2009
What Did You Do Today?
Today I left some dishes dirty,
The bed got made around 3:30.
The diapers soaked a little longer,
The odor grew a little stronger.
The crumbs I spilled the day before,
Are staring at me from the floor.
The fingerprints there on the wall,
Will likely be there still next fall.
The dirty streaks on those window panes,
Will still be there next time it rains.
Shame on you, you sit and say,
Just what did you do today?
I nursed a baby till he slept,
I held a toddler while he wept,
I played a game of hide and seek,
I squeezed a toy so it would squeak.
I pulled a wagon, sang a song,
Taught a child right from wrong.
What did I do this whole day through?
Not much that shows, I guess it’s true.
Unless you think that what I’ve done,
Might be important to someone,
With bright brown eyes and soft blond hair,
If that is true … I’ve done my share.
Author Unknown
