Tweet Hooray for field trips! Everybody loves field trips, and you don’t have to let the fun be limited to classrooms. Scheduling one or two events each year for your mother-daughter book club, or even any mother-daughter pair, lets you … Continue reading
Category Archives: Book Club Meeting Ideas
Tweet Sure it’s easy (and delicious) to whip up some microwave popcorn in a few minutes. But you can actually have fun as a book club making popcorn the old-fashioned way. Plus, it’s easy to do. Here’s a simple recipe … Continue reading
Tweet Many mother-daughter book clubs I have been in touch with like to do crafts before they sit down to talk about the book they have read. While some change up their crafts for every meeting and match it to … Continue reading
Tweet The Chinese New Year, the Year of the Snake, begins February 10. If you are lucky enough to live near a large Chinese community, you can look for local celebrations and buy food from restaurants and bakeries. But if … Continue reading
Tweet Not long ago a book-club mom wrote in with a question about an issue that came up in one of my book clubs and many others I have heard of. She said a difficulty she had encountered was “when … Continue reading
Tweet As you may imagine, I’m not the only book lover in my family. My husband and both my daughters love to read and believe strongly in the power of book clubs. This year I was particularly pleased that my … Continue reading
Tweet Playing games before you start a book club discussion is a good way to get everyone to loosen up and have a little fun before you settle down to talk about the book. A fun and easy game to … Continue reading
Tweet Thomas Friedman is more known for his observations on world affairs than family affairs, but in a recent opinion article for the New York Times, Friedman talks about how children show higher success rates in school when their parents … Continue reading
