Notice a gift
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Your Brain or Your Back
A children’s book with the invitation: “Where Every Child Learns to Serve Their Gift.”
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Where Every Child Learns to Serve Their Gift
A gift worth sharing
The supplied cover introduces a world of children using different gifts to contribute. Its subtitle places service at the center of that invitation.
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Who this book is for
For families and educators exploring gifts, contribution, and purpose with children.
Inside the ideas
What could this theme invite you to practice?
This introduction draws from the author-supplied cover and the themes of Ervin’s collection. The prompts below are original reflections for this website, not a summary of the manuscript.
Practice a skill
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Share what you learn
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About this overview: based on the cover supplied by Ervin Coty.
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Pause. Reflect. Put something into practice.
Original reflection prompts created for this website to accompany your reading; these are not excerpts or exercises reproduced from the book.
- What is one thing I enjoy learning?
- What is one small commitment I can return to this week?
- Who could benefit from something I have learned?
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