Devotional Stories for Little Folks
My friend, Teresa, introduced us to a fabulous set of books published by Catholic Heritage Curriculum called Devotional Stories for Little Folks and Devotional Stories for Little Folks Too.
We really love the books. I’ve been reading to Therese (and the others when they’ll listen) these collection of stories of the Peterson family and how they live and learn about the Catholic faith in their daily lives. Each story (only 5-7 pages longs) ends with some scripture and questions for discussion. Often after a reading, I dictate or Therese will copy the scripture quote from the book. And this has become one of her favorite school works.
What I love about this family is that their kids do and ask the same things our kids do and ask. For example, the last story was about Greg (4) who went down into the kitchen and ate all the left over chocolate cake–unfortunately cutting his hands with a very big knife (which he used because it was a really big cake). How timely since, Fulton and Gianna helped themselves to a box of 25 mini candy canes on Sunday morning while Therese and I were at 7:30 a.m. Mass (collecting signatures for a petition) and Adam was still fast asleep. Adam walked into Fulton’s quiet room to find the two with a pair of scissors, 20 empty wrappers, and faces smeared with red candy cane coloring!
Mrs. Peterson is my hero and role model. She is perhaps the most patient woman on the planet–something I aspire to! And she always says the right thing to her kids–another thing I aspire to. AND the kids get it–because it’s perfect book land! It’s probably the best parenting book I’ve read and it’s not a parenting book.
The last thing I find pretty cool is that this family has a blend of biological and adopted children. The first book has the Petersons adopting a little girl. The second book opens with the Peterson fostering a baby who later is adopted by another family. So if you’re looking for a nice book for a God child or niece/nephew. You might consider this book.