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Hi, I’m Sharlene!

A mother of 5 boys, grandmother of 12, and author of Good Music Brighter Children. I started the blog, “good parenting brighter children” to share my 40+ years of experience swimming in the delightful (and sometimes shark infested) waters of parenthood. It’s been quite the experience and one I want to share.

Hopefully, you find this blog helpful and inspiring as you travel your own unique parenthood journey.

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❤️GOING ON A SLEIGH RIDE, CHRISTMAS MUG UNDER

❤️GOING ON A SLEIGH RIDE, CHRISTMAS MUG UNDER THE TREE, GO SEE “A CHRISTMAS CAROL!” 💚Here are some random traditions to do at Christmastime! ❤️Sleigh Riding: Ever been on an actual sleigh ride driven by horses? If you can find a place that offers this—do it! It will feel like a throwback to the 1800s as you are “dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh!” 💚If not, take your kids sleigh-riding with sleds—we had to go up to the mountains to find snow in Southern California—but now we live in UT and there’s snow everywhere in December! “❤️A Christmas Carol:” During the holidays, take your kids/grandkids to see the classic play, “A Christmas Carol.” It’s a heartwarming story that will become a favorite family tradition. Afterward, go to dinner and discuss your favorite parts and the meaning of the story! 💚A Christmas Mug: When taking Christmas decorations down, put a Christmas mug filled with candies underneath the tree. Your children will love this last bit of Christmas! ❤️💚More here: link in bio #christmasday #christmas #christmastime #christmasgiving #christmas2023 #12daysofchristmas #giving #givingback #traditions #christmastraditions #parent #parenting #parents #parenthood #parentingquotes #kids #children #brighterchildren #goodparenting #qualitytime #books #christmasbooks #christmaslove #christmasgift #parenting101 #christmasseason #christmasspirit #christmasmusic #music

❤️📚READING CHRISTMAS BOOKS THROUGHOUT DECEM

❤️📚READING CHRISTMAS BOOKS THROUGHOUT DECEMBER 💚📚Do you have a Christmas reading tradition? If so, I have 2 posts on different books we read every December. ❤️📚And—ever heard of “Jolabokaflod” or the “Christmas Book Flood” It’s practiced in Iceland and every Christmas Eve—children and parents in Iceland read books and eat chocolate –deep into the night! Love this tradition! 💚📚Iceland publishes more books per capita than any other country—mostly between September through December. ❤️📚I also have 32 different children’s Christmas titles you can find in my Resource Section on my website—and it’s FREE! 💚📚Reading children’s books makes Christmas more magical! It’s the best family tradition ever! ❤️💚Click here for more traditions: link in bio #christmasday #christmas #christmastime #christmasgiving #christmas2023 #12daysofchristmas #giving #givingback #traditions #christmastraditions #parent #parenting #parents #parenthood #parentingquotes #kids #children #brighterchildren #goodparenting #qualitytime #books #christmasbooks #christmaslove #christmasgift #parenting101 #christmasseason #christmasspirit #christmasmusic #music

❤️CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS: MR. GOODY & ADVENT CAL

❤️CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS: MR. GOODY & ADVENT CALENDARS 💚Do you have lots of traditions to celebrate every holiday? We certainly do! When our kids were growing up, we celebrated 34 different & meaningful Christmas traditions each year (overkill, I know). ❤️Years ago, a study was conducted on the importance of Christmas traditions. Two questions were asked— “What did you get for Christmas last year?”—which no one could answer because they couldn’t remember. 💚And— “What Christmas traditions did you celebrate last year?” That question brought a flood of memories of Christmas traditions to the minds of the participants. ❤️That’s the power of traditions! 💚On my post, there are 45 different Christmas traditions—and not enough time—so go to the post if you want all 45. (link in bio) ❤️Today—Mr. Goody and Advent Calendars! 💚We started the tradition of Mr. Goody in 1980—thanks to my sister-in-law @dodipoulsen—we liked her elf idea better—so we switched! ❤️Mr. Goody (an Annalee elf) brings a treat each day for each child leading up to Christmas—and each day, you have to find where he is hiding in the house. 💚And we add additional Advent calendars to the mix, too. Advent calendars in a box, in a suitcase, an advent felt calendar—anything goes! ❤️💚Click here for more tradition ideas: link in bio #christmasday #christmas #christmastime #christmasgiving #christmas2023 #12daysofchristmas #giving #givingback #traditions #christmastraditions #parent #parenting #parents #parenthood #parentingquotes #kids #children #brighterchildren #goodparenting #qualitytime #books #christmasbooks #christmaslove #christmasgift #parenting101 #christmasseason #christmasspirit #christmasmusic #music

Christmas Candy Trains! Check out the video for th

Christmas Candy Trains! Check out the video for the step-by-step directions! #christmasday #christmas #christmastime #christmasgiving #christmas2023 #12daysofchristmas #giving #givingback #traditions #christmastraditions #parent #parenting #parents #parenthood #kids #children #brighterchildren #goodparenting #qualitytime #books #christmasbooks #christmaslove #christmasgift #parenting101 #christmasseason #christmasspirit #christmasmusic #christmastrees

❤️🚂MAKING A CHRISTMAS TRAIN WITH CANDY 💚🚂We’ve been making these Christmas trains since 1980—a LONG time! My husband learned how to make them in a cake decorating class and we’ve been making them yearly ever since—first with our kids and now with our grandkids! ❤️🚂We’ve made them as part of the elaborate gingerbread houses my husband makes – and we’ve taught kids at schools, Cub Scout troops, church activities, and more how to make these cute trains! 💚🚂Wherever we’ve made them—they steal the show! ❤️🚂The post will give you the supply list, the decorations, and a video on how to make them! 💚🚂Check out the details here: link in bio #christmasday #christmas #christmastime #christmasgiving #christmas2023 #12daysofchristmas #giving #givingback #traditions #christmastraditions #parent #parenting #parents #parenthood #kids #children #brighterchildren #goodparenting #qualitytime #books #christmasbooks #christmaslove #christmasgift #parenting101 #christmasseason #christmasspirit #christmasmusic #christmastrees

❤️💚MAKING A CHRISTMAS SCENE! 🎄Our grand

❤️💚MAKING A CHRISTMAS SCENE! 🎄Our grandkids' FINAL Christmas scene! They took all their different Christmas trees & decorations—the cardboard, the tape-resistant, and the polka dot trees along with the snowflakes and created this scene. (The small one was done by the 2-year-old) ❤️🎄We recycled the village houses they did a couple of years ago to their scenes to make them look like Christmas villages (purchase The Winter Village Drawing Guide for the scenes by @artwithmrs.e) 💚🎄What do you think of their final result? And—this year we’re using them for part of our Christmas decorations! ❤️PS: I don’t know what happened to the picture of my little blond-haired grandson holding his scene—still looking for it! ❤️💚More here: link in bio #christmasday #christmas #christmastime #christmasgiving #christmas2023 #12daysofchristmas #giving #givingback #traditions #christmastraditions #parent #parenting #parents #parenthood #kids #children #brighterchildren #goodparenting #qualitytime #books #christmasbooks #christmaslove #christmasgift #parenting101 #christmasseason #christmasspirit #christmasmusic #christmastrees

💙❄️❤️SHINY CHRISTMAS SNOWFLAKES 💙❄️Our grandkids LOVE glitter—the more the merrier! They colored these snowflakes (template), added lots of glue, and then poured tons of glitter over the glue. The results—sparkly snowflakes! ❤️❄️They added these to their Christmas scene, too—which is coming up next! 💙❄️💙Details here: link in bio

❤️🎄POLKA DOT CHRISTMAS TREES 💚🎄These

❤️🎄POLKA DOT CHRISTMAS TREES 💚🎄These are easy-peasy! Draw a large triangle Christmas tree; cut it out and fill it up with a series of colorful polka dots using Kwik Stix markers! ❤️🎄More trees to save for the final Christmas scene! ❤️💚Details here: link in bio #christmasday #christmas #christmastime #christmasgiving #christmas2023 #12daysofchristmas #giving #givingback #traditions #christmastraditions #parent #parenting #parents #parenthood #kids #children #brighterchildren #goodparenting #qualitytime #books #christmasbooks #christmaslove #christmasgift #parenting101 #christmasseason #christmasspirit #christmasmusic #christmastrees

❤️🎄CARDBOARD CHRISTMAS TREES—USING YARN &

❤️🎄CARDBOARD CHRISTMAS TREES—USING YARN & PAINT 💚🎄These aren’t too original—just paint or color cardboard Christmas trees (with Kwik Stix markers); wind yarn around them and finish them off with a few baubles and pom-poms! ❤️🎄They are ready to put on your Christmas Scene that I’ll show you at the end of the week! ❤️💚More details here: link in bio #christmasday #christmas #christmastime #christmasgiving #christmas2023 #12daysofchristmas #giving #givingback #traditions #christmastraditions #parent #parenting #parents #parenthood #kids #children #brighterchildren #goodparenting #qualitytime #books #christmasbooks #christmaslove #christmasgift #parenting101 #christmasseason #christmasspirit #christmasmusic #christmastrees

❤️🎄TAPE RESISTANT CHRISTMAS TREES 💚🎄

❤️🎄TAPE RESISTANT CHRISTMAS TREES 💚🎄The next four posts are steps we took to make a Christmas scene. Today—tape-resistant Christmas trees. ❤️🎄Easy to do—just draw a simple triangle Christmas tree and put different geometric designs on your trees using 1/8” painter’s tape. 💚🎄Color your trees using Kwik Stix markers and glitter. Let dry—remove the tape—and you have an amazing Christmas Tree. ❤️🎄Keep it—you’ll need it for the final project! ❤️💚More here: link in bio #christmasday #christmas #christmastime #christmasgiving #christmas2023 #12daysofchristmas #giving #givingback #traditions #christmastraditions #parent #parenting #parents #parenthood #kids #children #brighterchildren #goodparenting #qualitytime #books #christmasbooks #christmaslove #christmasgift #parenting101 #christmasseason #christmasspirit #christmasmusic #christmastrees

❤️🎄BEAUTIFUL WATERCOLOR CHRISTMAS TREES! 💚🎄The holidays are upon us! The “Most Wonderful Time of the Year!”—is here! And all this week, I’m posting NEW Christmas ideas to do with your kids/grandkids! ❤️🎄If you love Christmas trees as much as I do—here is a fun project to make a non-traditional very colorful avant-garde Christmas tree! 💚🎄The grandkids did this on watercolor paper—they drew a Christmas tree and I went over their lines with hot glue. Next, they painted them with different colors of liquid watercolors. They don’t look like your traditional colors of Christmas trees—but I think it’s important to emphasize creativity and thinking outside the box. ❤️🎄Last—we framed them to give as a gift to their parents! ❤️💚More details here: link in bio #christmasday #christmas #christmastime #christmasgiving #christmas2023 #12daysofchristmas #giving #givingback #traditions #christmastraditions #parent #parenting #parents #parenthood #kids #children #brighterchildren #goodparenting #qualitytime #books #christmasbooks #christmaslove #christmasgift #parenting101 #christmasseason #christmasspirit #christmasmusic #christmastrees

❤️ONE LAST THANKSGIVING IDEA--PAINTING LEAVES

❤️ONE LAST THANKSGIVING IDEA--PAINTING LEAVES & GOURDS! 🤎🍁Next year—when it’s close to Thanksgiving or even if you just want a fun Fall activity—try painting real leaves, gourds, and tall pumpkins. 🧡🍂I needed a quick activity for the grandkids right before Thanksgiving—we went on a walk to gather the leaves (I was amazed how many were still on the trees—and even green ones) and to a pumpkin patch—they only had yellowish tall pumpkins and gourds that were rotting in the field (it was definitely the end of the season). 💛🍁 gave each grandchild a paper plate with different Fall colors to paint their gourds/pumpkins. Well, most of them mixed all the colors together creating MUD—and after painting them, they doused them with glitter. 🤎🍂The leaves turned out really pretty—the grandkids used ONLY 10 bottles of glitter to decorate them (and I’m not kidding). 🧡🍁However, I’m still vacuuming up glitter from the 4 corners of the house. The vacuum isn’t doing its job, so I’m on the ground picking up those darn blue ones. I’ll probably be doing it until next Thanksgiving! 🧡🤎👍Moral of the story—Dump the glitter #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡🤎💛To all those who celebrate-- Happy Tha

🧡🤎💛To all those who celebrate-- Happy Thanksgiving #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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❤️WRITE NOTES OF GRATITUDE USING YOUR CHILD’

❤️WRITE NOTES OF GRATITUDE USING YOUR CHILD’S ARTWORK OR POETRY I 🧡love my children’s art and poetry! If you feel the same way, here’s a way to immortalize all those wonderful creative scribbles! 🤎When writing notes of gratitude to your children—create a card from their artwork. 💛I take their artwork, scan it onto the computer, and create personal notecards with their artwork or poetry, etc. 🤎Our sons LOVE getting notecards with their artwork—a great way to preserve memories and express gratitude! 🧡Try it—you won’t stop! ❤️💛Details: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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❤️GRATITUDE GAMES FOR THANKSGIVING: WRITE NOTE

❤️GRATITUDE GAMES FOR THANKSGIVING: WRITE NOTES OF GRATITUDE ON YOUR BACKS 🤎This is the most popular game we’ve played on Thanksgiving throughout the years! My friend, @cindyrischelwood told me about this 20 years ago—and it’s a family favorite! 🧡Take a piece of cardstock paper. Create a title at the top: “I Am Grateful to You Because…” Punch 2 holes and string ribbon through the holes so each person can put the paper over their heads; hang them from their necks and flip them to their back. 💛Throughout your Thanksgiving festivities, have everyone write notes of gratitude to each person at your celebration. 🤎The only blip—no one wants to stop! Once you get going with this—the gratitude becomes contagious and everyone wants to keep writing their gratitude to everyone! 🧡This is a winning activity! 🤎💛Details: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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❤️GRATITUDE GAMES FOR THANKSGIVING: GRATITUDE

❤️GRATITUDE GAMES FOR THANKSGIVING: GRATITUDE AROUND THE TABLE 🤎All the ideas this week focus on helping your family HOW TO PRACTICE GRATITUDE IN AN ENTITLED WORLD! 🧡This is the perfect game to do about 2 hours before you eat Thanksgiving dinner. 💛Cover a cardboard table with brown utility paper. Supply crayons, pens, markers, and stationery for each person to write or draw their gratitude right on the utility paper. 🤎Think about a theme. A couple of years ago, ours was “Black Paper Packages Tied Up with String.”—after the movie, “Mary Poppins.” 🧡Include a basket of small treats for each person after they express their gratitude—ours were wrapped up with black utility paper and tied with white string. 💛❤️Details & more here: link in bio

🤎🧡GRATEFUL FOR TECHNOLOGY 💛Technology is

🤎🧡GRATEFUL FOR TECHNOLOGY 💛Technology is a two-edged sword! If used in moderation—it’s a great tool for so many things. 🤎But when it’s overused and takes the place of family and friends—it becomes a problem. 🧡However—here is an aspect of technology to be grateful for—a FREE app called, “Gratitude Journal App.” 💛This app allows you to write down what you are grateful for and keep it forever. 🤎It sends notifications with gratitude prompts such as, “What made you smile today?” or “What’s the best thing that happened to you today?” You can also add images to each of your gratitude entries. 🧡A great app to help teens express and write down their gratitude! 💛Get the links and details here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡💛GRATEFUL FOR PLAY & HANDS TO MAKE ARTS & C

🧡💛GRATEFUL FOR PLAY & HANDS TO MAKE ARTS & CRAFTS! 🤎We all need to be grateful for PLAY—and do more of it! 🧡Check out these three fun Thanksgiving activities to do with your kids & grandkids. And emphasize that there is a time & place for everything—including PLAY! 💛These activities—Thanksgiving puzzles and Thanksgiving Bingo can be played on Thanksgiving Day—or before. 🤎Check out on the post how to make the puzzles and order the Thanksgiving Bingo—a fun activity to engage the whole family! 🧡And help your children understand about being grateful for their hands as they create fun arts & crafts. We made these turkeys and created a fun background using paint & balloons! 🤎🧡Details: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡🤎GRATEFUL FOR LEARNING: DISSECTING A PUMPKI

🧡🤎GRATEFUL FOR LEARNING: DISSECTING A PUMPKIN 💛Shouldn’t we all be grateful that we can learn—our entire lives? 🤎Help your kids/grandkids understand that learning is the BEST! And something to be grateful for! 🧡Since Thanksgiving is all about pumpkins, turkeys, and more—grab a pumpkin—and get dissecting! 💛Discover what’s so interesting inside that pumpkin! Name all the parts & enjoy! I 🤎purchased this amazing Pumpkin Mini Unit Study from Stephanie Hathaway Designs on Etsy. I highly recommend it—a fun way to teach kids to love learning! 🧡💛Get all the links & details here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🤎💚BE GRATEFUL FOR NATURE IN A COLORFUL WAY!

🤎💚BE GRATEFUL FOR NATURE IN A COLORFUL WAY! 🧡This is a super fun way to show gratitude for nature! 🤎Supplies are minimal—cardboard, colored paper, clothespins, and NATURE! 💚The idea—find different things in nature that correspond to the colored square on the board—and then attach it with the clothespin. 🧡A super fun scavenger hunt—and teaches your children/grandchildren to be observant and grateful for all the beautiful colors found in nature! 🤎💚Get all the details here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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