I just wanted to let you know that I have made available in Google Docs templates for two Life Books. They are both alterable if you have Publisher. You should be able to download it to your computer and use. Both Life Books include history and interesting facts about Ethiopia. One has a section on the region of Tigray the other has a section on the region of Amhara. Feel free to take a look at them. There is a publisher version of each as well as a PDF version of each. You can't change the PDF but can look at it for ideas for your own creation. The Publisher should be able to be downloaded and personalized.You can only see it on line in the PDF format for some reason.
Amhara- pub
Tigray-pub
Tigray PDF
Amhara PDF
Showing posts with label Life Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life Book. Show all posts
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Christmas is coming!
Christmas is coming. Here are some ideas for adoption supportive gifts. Some are for adoptive families and others support adoptive families and the idea of adoption. In addition to these please click on the side bar labels tag for PRODUCTS. There are ton of great little companies and products out there. If you know of more please put them in the comments of this post so we can all go check them out! Share, share, share!
little books about your family by My Creations here
J Woods Jewelry makes the most fabulous stuff with your kids photos on it. WOW! I love it. This is just an awesome and very special gift for anyone you love. Mother, sister, aunt, cousin, friend, daughter. See it here.
Scrapbook My Adoption is a site where you can create an adoption book. This is an easy idea for those who want to do one but find themselves not really into scrapbooking, with out time for it, or just need an easy way to get it done. Check them out.
New book!!!!! In On It: What adoptive parents would like you to know about adoption. YES! Finally a book for all of you wanting to help your family fall in love with the idea of adoption and fill an important roll in your family. What they should know, what is different about adoption vs. birthing a child, how to interact, tactful things to say, etc...... Maybe this is just what you have been looking for. What a great way to announce your adoption to the grandparents. In On It.
Mandy Moon site has some unique gifts on the theme of adoption and multiculturalism. Creative gifts for those you love with a theme you love.
Deirdre and Company is another place for some really unique and cool jewelry. This can be for anyone, there is stuff on the adoption theme. There is stuff for moms, and other women in your life. Neat stuff. I like it a lot. Hop on over to see the shop.
Junkposse has a wonderful selection of unique and utterly beautiful and unique jewelry items. Many with the theme of adoption and lots for mom, gram, sis and daughter. All lovely and handmade. This is an adoptive family. I have a necklace made by her and I love it. Good quality and good service. The box it came in was such a treat as well. See Junkposse.
Another Etsy seller. Sara's Treasure Box.
She has some cute adoption pendants. I love this one:
TheRHouse is another Etsy site selling adoption jewelry and t shirts. Pretty cool and I think they do custom mommy necklaces. Hmmmm......... I like the hand stamped idea and look.
Here is a link to another blog which has a great post on this topic and TONS of links to sites which sell gifts with a purpose. Visit Kat.
Adoption Exchange has a page of gift ideas that give back or support adoption. While there is some overlap there are some other ideas too. Check it out here.
Well, have fun!
little books about your family by My Creations here
J Woods Jewelry makes the most fabulous stuff with your kids photos on it. WOW! I love it. This is just an awesome and very special gift for anyone you love. Mother, sister, aunt, cousin, friend, daughter. See it here.
Scrapbook My Adoption is a site where you can create an adoption book. This is an easy idea for those who want to do one but find themselves not really into scrapbooking, with out time for it, or just need an easy way to get it done. Check them out.
New book!!!!! In On It: What adoptive parents would like you to know about adoption. YES! Finally a book for all of you wanting to help your family fall in love with the idea of adoption and fill an important roll in your family. What they should know, what is different about adoption vs. birthing a child, how to interact, tactful things to say, etc...... Maybe this is just what you have been looking for. What a great way to announce your adoption to the grandparents. In On It.
Mandy Moon site has some unique gifts on the theme of adoption and multiculturalism. Creative gifts for those you love with a theme you love.
Deirdre and Company is another place for some really unique and cool jewelry. This can be for anyone, there is stuff on the adoption theme. There is stuff for moms, and other women in your life. Neat stuff. I like it a lot. Hop on over to see the shop.
Junkposse has a wonderful selection of unique and utterly beautiful and unique jewelry items. Many with the theme of adoption and lots for mom, gram, sis and daughter. All lovely and handmade. This is an adoptive family. I have a necklace made by her and I love it. Good quality and good service. The box it came in was such a treat as well. See Junkposse.
Another Etsy seller. Sara's Treasure Box.
She has some cute adoption pendants. I love this one:
TheRHouse is another Etsy site selling adoption jewelry and t shirts. Pretty cool and I think they do custom mommy necklaces. Hmmmm......... I like the hand stamped idea and look.
Here is a link to another blog which has a great post on this topic and TONS of links to sites which sell gifts with a purpose. Visit Kat.
Adoption Exchange has a page of gift ideas that give back or support adoption. While there is some overlap there are some other ideas too. Check it out here.
Well, have fun!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
More Life Books, Family storybook and adoption storybook
Adoption Book or Life Book, everywhere you look you find that you are being encouraged to give one to your child. What is it and how do you make one?
Pre-made:
Baby book for infant adopted child:
My Family, My Journey: A Baby Book for Adoptive Families
Our Chosen Child: How You Came To Us And The Growing Up Years
More adoption life book lists:
http://www.adoptionlifebooks.com/lifebooks.htm
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_18?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=adoption+life+books&sprefix=adoption+life+book
on line resources:
Amazon link to Adoption life books. Some are work books/pre-made and others are books to guide you.
Digital life book kit
http://www.digital-scrapbook-kits.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=4
Life books for children and youth in foster care (adapt for adoption)
http://www.caseyfamilyservices.org/userfiles/pdf/bib-2009-lifebooks.pdf
On line Class on creating an adoption life book:
http://www.adoptionlearningpartners.org/lifebooks.cfm
Adoption Story book on line resource for making your own.
A personalized adoption storybook should be something that parents make before introducing it to their child. The point is to present their child with a personal storybook as if it’s a regular book that they have in their book collection. Together, you can sit and read through the book, ideally as often as the child wants to.
Family Story Book
A second use of the family storybook is to tell the story of how the family came to be. Unlike a lifebook, the focus of the family storybook is the whole family, including adults. It talks about the family growth by talking about each time a family member joined. While everyone's book will vary, such a family storybook might begin with a picture of the family home and a short introduction.
Looking at a Lifebook can help adopted children learn about their history. Having a book to look at, read, and enjoy together can also be a catalyst for discussion between parent and child. Children can ask questions that are important to them and parents can address them with age-appropriate answers. Some parents find that their child will want to read and look at their Lifebook every night before they go to sleep for six months and then suddenly decide to leave it on the bookshelf for a while before taking it down again for new discussion and insight. The Lifebook can be kept in the child’s room to be looked at alone if he or she wishes.
Pre-made:
Baby book for infant adopted child:
My Family, My Journey: A Baby Book for Adoptive Families
Our Chosen Child: How You Came To Us And The Growing Up Years
Books to guide you:
Before You Were Mine More adoption life book lists:
http://www.adoptionlifebooks.com/lifebooks.htm
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_18?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=adoption+life+books&sprefix=adoption+life+book
on line resources:
Amazon link to Adoption life books. Some are work books/pre-made and others are books to guide you.
Digital life book kit
http://www.digital-scrapbook-kits.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=4
Life books for children and youth in foster care (adapt for adoption)
http://www.caseyfamilyservices.org/userfiles/pdf/bib-2009-lifebooks.pdf
On line Class on creating an adoption life book:
http://www.adoptionlearningpartners.org/lifebooks.cfm
Adoption Story book on line resource for making your own.
A personalized adoption storybook should be something that parents make before introducing it to their child. The point is to present their child with a personal storybook as if it’s a regular book that they have in their book collection. Together, you can sit and read through the book, ideally as often as the child wants to.
Family Story Book
A second use of the family storybook is to tell the story of how the family came to be. Unlike a lifebook, the focus of the family storybook is the whole family, including adults. It talks about the family growth by talking about each time a family member joined. While everyone's book will vary, such a family storybook might begin with a picture of the family home and a short introduction.
"An Adoption Life Book is a record of a foster/adoptee’s life that uses words, photos, graphics, the child’s artwork, and memorabilia. An Adoption Life Book includes information about the child’s birth parents and reason for leaving them. It always starts at the child’s birth. Plus the fun part of when the adopted child first joined the family.
An Adoption Life Book is more than a life story. It is a unique opportunity for parents to honor every minute of their children’s lives. It is the single most meaningful piece of "paperwork" that any social worker can complete. And foster parents? You can give an adoptee/foster child a sweet childhood memory.
Adoptive Families site has some articles on creating a lifebook.
Adoption Connection article on creating a lifebook.
Just one of the important questions this page answers:
Why is it beneficial to create a Lifebook for my child?Looking at a Lifebook can help adopted children learn about their history. Having a book to look at, read, and enjoy together can also be a catalyst for discussion between parent and child. Children can ask questions that are important to them and parents can address them with age-appropriate answers. Some parents find that their child will want to read and look at their Lifebook every night before they go to sleep for six months and then suddenly decide to leave it on the bookshelf for a while before taking it down again for new discussion and insight. The Lifebook can be kept in the child’s room to be looked at alone if he or she wishes.
Of course you can also check out my digital life book template on my first lifebooks post.
Hope this helps! Have fun.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Life Books
Life Books
A daunting task for most, me included. Sometimes due to the ambiguous nature of the story to tell, sometimes lack of information, saddness, time, sometimes it is the intimidation of scrapbooking. Well, there is NO right way to do a life book for your child. The thing is to get something into their hands. Polished or not, they will know the love.
I have finished two digital life books for my boys. I am making a template of each available in case you want to fill in something that is pretty easy. Or you can just take a look to get ideas for making one on your own. One highlights the Amhara culture (also has page on home births), the other the Tigray culture (also has page for birth hospital information). The pages are interchangeable and you may want to look at both. They do have a distinctly Christian theme. All of the pictures are just from free online sources and the script in many places is cut and paste from travel sites and Wikipedia, etc... I like the digital idea because it can be recreated if needed. It can be expanded and changed if need be. I put it in a digital scrapbook book with plastic pages/top insert, which I bought at Jo-Ann's craft store. For the front and back cover you can get the front and back pages printed on huge sticker sheets and stick them on. :) You can access the PDF files below. I am working on a Publisher or Word file that can be downloaded as well.
When You Were Born in Ethiopia, Amhara culture version PDF
When You Were Born in Ethiopia, Amhara culture version Publisher-not yet up
When You Were Born in Ethiopia, Tigray culture version PDF
When You Were Born in Ethiopia, Tigray culture version Publisher-not yet up
To fill out the pages if you don't really know what to put on them, I suggest the following book.
Before You Were Mine Discovering your adopted child's life story by Susan TeBos and Carissa Woodwyk
This is an awesome book and it will guide you through putting together a life book for your child. It is often hard to come up with something for a child you have no information on. This book has good ideas for extrapolating and guessing at circumstances and such from what you do have. Of course you want to tell your child that it is a guess when it is and fact when it is. This book is from a Christian perspective and gives lots of verses and ideas for pulling it all together for your child with the love and care of God for him or her as central theme. I like that.
If you are not too interested in a Christian theme there are many other options.
I hear this one is really good too, although I have not read it. I think she is one of the forefront authors on this topic and many other books quote her, including the above book.
Life Books: creating a treasure for your adopted child by Beth O'Malley
Have fun creating a treasure of memory for your child.
A daunting task for most, me included. Sometimes due to the ambiguous nature of the story to tell, sometimes lack of information, saddness, time, sometimes it is the intimidation of scrapbooking. Well, there is NO right way to do a life book for your child. The thing is to get something into their hands. Polished or not, they will know the love.
I have finished two digital life books for my boys. I am making a template of each available in case you want to fill in something that is pretty easy. Or you can just take a look to get ideas for making one on your own. One highlights the Amhara culture (also has page on home births), the other the Tigray culture (also has page for birth hospital information). The pages are interchangeable and you may want to look at both. They do have a distinctly Christian theme. All of the pictures are just from free online sources and the script in many places is cut and paste from travel sites and Wikipedia, etc... I like the digital idea because it can be recreated if needed. It can be expanded and changed if need be. I put it in a digital scrapbook book with plastic pages/top insert, which I bought at Jo-Ann's craft store. For the front and back cover you can get the front and back pages printed on huge sticker sheets and stick them on. :) You can access the PDF files below. I am working on a Publisher or Word file that can be downloaded as well.
When You Were Born in Ethiopia, Amhara culture version PDF
When You Were Born in Ethiopia, Amhara culture version Publisher-not yet up
When You Were Born in Ethiopia, Tigray culture version PDF
When You Were Born in Ethiopia, Tigray culture version Publisher-not yet up
To fill out the pages if you don't really know what to put on them, I suggest the following book.
Before You Were Mine Discovering your adopted child's life story by Susan TeBos and Carissa Woodwyk
This is an awesome book and it will guide you through putting together a life book for your child. It is often hard to come up with something for a child you have no information on. This book has good ideas for extrapolating and guessing at circumstances and such from what you do have. Of course you want to tell your child that it is a guess when it is and fact when it is. This book is from a Christian perspective and gives lots of verses and ideas for pulling it all together for your child with the love and care of God for him or her as central theme. I like that.
If you are not too interested in a Christian theme there are many other options.
I hear this one is really good too, although I have not read it. I think she is one of the forefront authors on this topic and many other books quote her, including the above book.
Life Books: creating a treasure for your adopted child by Beth O'Malley
Have fun creating a treasure of memory for your child.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Birth in Ethiopia
In researching for my son's Life Book, I came across some interesting articles on birth and related topics in Ethiopia, etc..... You may be interested.
Blog with information on this: Choosing Life
Home Deliveries and untrained birth assistants
Nursing your baby for better health (Ethiopia)
Mother welfare and survival in childbirth
A study of medical and social practices
Child birth in rural Ethiopia I would not recommend this site as a general one to read, but this article is interesting. Some errors, such as Coptic Church rather than the Ethiopian Orthodox church, but interesting information none the less.
Birth attendant training
Traditional medical practices in rural Ethiopia
Promoting safe motherhood
Birth registration promotion
Blog with information on this: Choosing Life
Home Deliveries and untrained birth assistants
Nursing your baby for better health (Ethiopia)
Mother welfare and survival in childbirth
A study of medical and social practices
Child birth in rural Ethiopia I would not recommend this site as a general one to read, but this article is interesting. Some errors, such as Coptic Church rather than the Ethiopian Orthodox church, but interesting information none the less.
Birth attendant training
Traditional medical practices in rural Ethiopia
Promoting safe motherhood
Birth registration promotion
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