Stepping Stones A Book For The Young

Children; I would like you to imagine that one morning you awake to find the road you need to use is under deep waters. Then you stand looking at the waters wondering how you would be getting across to where you would like to go. Then someone comes along and places some big Stones in the water so that you would be able to go across without getting your feet wet or falling in. Well some of the activities around you today are as this deep waters in which you could fall and get hurt. Some of these activities are: Illegal drug use, gang involvement, neglecting your education and ignoring wise council given to you by your parents and people who wish you well. The stories in Stepping Stones for Kids are like these big Stones placed in deep waters on which you can step to avoid the dangers and help you to reach your goals and potentials.

Stepping Stones introduces young students to the foundations of critical thinking. Exercises incorporate math, visual discrimination, sound-symbol relationships, and other phonetic skills.

Though Stepping Stones describes several actual stepping stones, the book is largely about the transitions in life. The poems in this book cover life from an early adulthood to advanced age. The settings are in Minnesota; Washington, DC; Massachusetts; and Florida.

About The Book What started out in 2006 as a poetry book discussing the stepping stones of life, has transformed into a storyboard of life itself. Since the original version of "Stepping Stones", Chad has married his long time girlfriend, who was the inspiration for many of the original poems in this compilation, and the couple now has a son. This prompted Chad to make a few changes, and add an additional poem titled "My Son" to complete the current stepping stones of his life.