Parenting Your First Grader: A Guide to Making The Most of the "Look At Me!" Phase

THE PHASE WHEN UNFILTERED WORDS MAKE YOU LAUGH, SCHOOL DROPOFF MAKES YOU CRY, AND LIFE BECOMES A STAGE WHERE YOUR KID SHOUTS, “LOOK AT ME!”

If you’re house is inhabited by a stellar knock-knock-joke comedian, you might be in one of the best phases of your child’s life.

Parenting Your First Grader is a concise and interactive guide that simplifies what you need to know about first graders in general and gives you a place to discover more about your first grader—so you can make the most of this phase. Discover . . .

what’s changing about your kid over the next 52 weeks

the 6 things your kid needs most

and 4 conversations to have in this phase.

The Phase Project, including this guide in your hand, is a synthesis of personal experience, academic research, and gatherings of leaders and educational experts from across the child development spectrum. Designed in partnership with Parent Cue, this guide is one volume in an 18-part series to help you parent your child through every year.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Kristen Ivy is executive director of the Phase Project. Kristen blends a background in child development with a Master of Divinity and over 15 years of leading children and students. She and her husband, Matt, have three children in the preschool and elementary phases. Reggie Joiner is founder and CEO of Orange, an organization designed to redefine ministry approaches for churches and family environments. For nearly 40 years, he’s mentored teachers and leaders who influence the next generation. Reggie and his wife, Debbie, have raised four kids into adulthood.

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