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It was suggested (by a fellow 4-realer, Helen over at Castle of the Immaculate) that I should run a carnival for the "Rule of Six".

For those of you who might need a bit of background: in an earlier post, I mentioned plagiarizing from Lissa's Lilting House sidebar what she called "Our Rule of Six: Six Things to Include in Your Child's Day". Lissa graciously gave her permission for us to run this carnival.

Here is my list:

Rule of Six
Things to Include in Your Child's Day, Everyday:
• prayer and Catholic Culture

• imaginative play

• good books

• beauty (art, music, nature)

• ideas to ponder and discuss

• meaningful work

I purposely left my list vague so that I could adapt it each day. These six are more goals than rules, but I love the idea of "rule" as it means that I MUST have each of these in a day.

So what is your "rule of six"? If you'd like to share it -- and we sure hope you will want to share -- please send me a link to your blog entry and I'll include you in the "Rule of Six" directory below this post. If you'd like to use the "Rule of Six" graphic above, just copy it to your computer and upload it onto your blog.

Blessings and thanks for sharing your thoughts!

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Here's what others use as their "rule of six":

• Lissa's (the one who started this all!) -- scroll down and view the left-hand sidebar and the story behind the rules
• Angie Mc's rules
• Love2Learn Mom's rules
• Michele Q.'s rules
• Leonie's rules from Down-Under
• Kathryn's rules from the UK
• Helen's rules (with input from her kiddos!)
• Momwise's six
• Elizabeth over at 4RealLearning's rules
• Ruth's from "Just Another Day in Paradise"