Cradle to Grade:Preparing Your Children to Love Reading
Booklovers become world-changers, but they are grown, not born. Jan, a booklover and veteran home schooler, will give advice to help parents of young children develop strategies and lifestyles that will "till the soil" and prepare a child's mind for the hard, but joyful, work of learning from books. Caution: Do not come if you are not ready to give up or considerably cut down on TV and computer time . . .
Sailing on Living Light: Voyaging with Great Books
Adventure, excitement, understanding, and delight -welcome to the world of living books, where the fresh breezes of new worlds stir imaginations! Beyond the dull, dry textbooks await REAL books that add life, depth, breadth, and excitement to learning. Discover how to travel through subjects with authors of books that are interesting, informative, well written, and enjoyable, books that become guides and maps as we journey through life. Jan, a veteran home schooler and author, will navigate through both nonfiction and fiction, explaining how each fulfills educational, emotional, and spiritual objectives.
Yee Haw! Books for Boys
Most boys love reading books filled with adventure, discovery, unusual facts, and heroic, courageous behavior, but their moms, the primary book finders, don’t know which books fulfill these ideals. Jan Bloom, vintage book dealer and mother of a male reader, searched for great books that appealed to boys and were well-written with positive role models and a healthy worldview. Jan will give suggestions of authors for all ages of boys, from those early "reading is too hard" days to "I hardly have time to read anymore" years.
Building a Home Library
Keepers of the Books: The Vital Importance of a Home Library
Before Romance, Beyond Romance: Books for Girls
The Foundational Five: Bible Stories, Fairy Tales, Mother Goose, Aesops Fables, and Mythology
Yes, Sir! Homeschoolers and the Military
Help! I'm Failing! Hope for the Faint of Heart
Creating Capacity: Preparing Your Children to Love LIFE
Business by the Books: Encouraging Entrepreneurs
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