The Connected Family Handbook: Nurturing Kindness, Warmth and Wonder in Children - Paperback

by Lou Harvey-Zahra (Author), Danielle Harbison (Author)

This unique book, by an experienced parenting coach and a successful parenting blogger, offers practical advice and inspiring activities to encourage positive qualities in children and create a more connected family.

How can simple activities help us connect more fully with our children and live more happily together? What types of games will encourage children to be kind to others? How can crafting and outdoor play build respect for the natural world? The Connected Family Handbook offers empowering advice and practical activities to answer these questions and many more.

This is an inspiring book for carers of children, from toddlers to ten year olds. Each of the ten chapters tackles an important theme for families - Home, Kindness, Mealtimes, Move, Warmth, Teamwork, Adventure, Nature, Wonder and Celebration - and suggests ways to nurture these qualities in children. Every chapter is illustrated with beautiful photographs and includes easy crafts and fun recipes to create with children, stories and verses to share, as well as tips on creative discipline, positive play and establishing family rhythms and routines.

Engage with NATURE by crafting toys from sticks, nurture WONDER by sharing a story about toadstools and fairy folk, encourage KINDNESS by creating a toy medical kit and make MEALTIMES fun with frozen fruit pizza. All of Lou and Danielle's ideas and advice come from a background of holistic child development, and celebrate values including eco-friendly living, connected family life, healthy and fun food choices and the importance of imaginative play.

Author Biography

Lou Harvey-Zahra is an experienced parenting coach, teacher and respected author of holistic parenting books. She is the author of Growing Children, Thriving Children; Happy Child, Happy Home; Creative Discipline, Connected Family; and Through the Rainbow. She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia. Danielle Harbison is an experienced teacher, homeschool mum and successful parenting blogger. She has a deep love of crafts, nature and photography. She is the mother of four young children and lives in Sydney, Australia.