Words to Love By Collection

Parenting Now!’s parenting affirmation cards, bookmarks and magnets are based on the positive parenting concepts contained in our Make Parenting A Pleasure and Parenting: The First Three Years curricula. They were developed through a partnership between Birth To Three, The University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, and EC CARES (the Lane County early intervention provider).

These beautifully designed cards are a wonderful addition to group-based programs, for home visits, or as gifts. Each deck of 56 cards is filled with affirmations for parenting, divided into four suits like a deck of playing cards.

· Teaching and Positive Discipline
· Managing Stress, Relaxation, and Nurturing Ourselves
· Child Development, Language, and Communication
· Love, Grace, and Spirit

View the Words to Love By Product Sheet (PDF Format)

Here are some examples of how you can use the Words to Love By cards and products:

Group activities:

• Give a deck of cards or set of four book marks to each member upon completion or “graduation” of their group.
• Write an affirmation from a card on a piece of paper and place it on a parent’s back. The parent asks the group questions in order to figure out the affirmation.
• Divide the group into four smaller groups, one for each suit. Have each group pick a card from their suit and act out the concept on the card until someone from the larger group guesses it.
• Pick a card each week. Taking turns, each person in the group shares how the concept may have helped them in the past. How can it help today?
• Everyone draws a card and writes down a strategy to build the affirmation into his/her life. Then, take turns sharing strategies. Other members can help come up with ways to support each other with their affirmations.
• Divide your group into two. Have each person pick a card and share any barriers to achieving the affirmations.
• Problem solve as a group to remove the barriers.
  

Individual uses and activities:

• Create time each week for a family “round table.” Pick a card and discuss it with members in your family. Carry your card with you throughout the week or put it on the refrigerator for all to see.
• Choose a card and use it to guide you through the day. Put it in your lunch bag, on your key ring or bathroom mirror.
• Use the cards to play solitaire during quite time.
• Use the cards as a springboard for writing in a journal. Choose a card at the beginning of the week and write every day. Repeat the affirmation both in writing as well as verbally to yourself throughout the week.
• Make a mobile that can hold the card to hand wherever you want.
• Give the deck of cards as a baby gift to a friend or relative. Send them to parents for Mother’s or Father’s Day, birthdays or holidays.

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Bookmarks

Four different styles taken from our most popular parenting affirmation cards.

Magnet

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