Today on Mom~E~Centric I’m talking about why it’s important to schedule in time that’s just for moms. Even if you’re in a mother-daughter book club you can benefit from getting the moms together for a little fun away from the girls. The younger members of the group probably see each other without the older members [...]
As part of my WOW! blog tour, I’ve written a post called Ten Book Club Favorites for Ramblings of a Texas Housewife. All of the books on the list have been favorites of one of my groups over the years, and they’re divided into age groups, starting with books recommended for 9 to 10 years [...]
If your group is like most others, you tend to have a set schedule of meeting once a month or so at someone’s home for snacks or a meal and book discussion. As a rule, this is a great way to make sure that everyone can easily mark a date on a calendar and plan [...]
Writer Melissa Taylor recently wrote an article on parent-child book clubs for Colorado Parent magazine. In it she interviews moms in book clubs with their daughters or with their sons. She also talks about father-son book clubs. You can download a copy of the article at this site: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/29823190/The-Story-on-Parent-Child-Book-Clubs.
Reader Traci Z. from Arcata, California has sent in more book/movie combinations to be considered by mother-daughter book clubs. Here’s what Traci has to say: “My 2nd grade daughter and I just read Tuck Everlasting (by Natalie Babbitt) and then watched the movie and talked about the differences. We also are reading The Story of [...]
Last night my daughter Catherine and I went to our first mother-daughter book club of the year. We had read The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, who was a contemporary of Charles Dickens. The book was challenging—it was nearly 500 pages and written in the style popular in the 1860s when writers were paid by the [...]
I’m often asked how working moms can fit being in a mother-daughter book club into their already busy schedules. It is a challenge, but it can be done and I believe the rewards are well worth the effort. Most of the moms in my two book clubs work full or part-time. And most of the [...]
When you choose your book club books, have you ever thought to start off your discussion by answering a few questions about why you chose it? Starting out with this little step can get the ball rolling and provide insight to the rest of your conversation. Here are a few questions you may want to [...]
