Classics, Projects, and a Mentor's Heart: Heidi
A Family Project Guide Inspired by Johanna Spyri's Classic
By Heidi Christianson, Tatiana Fallon, and Tiffany Earl | Leadership Education Mentoring Institute

A complete, ready-to-use guide for reading Heidi aloud with your children, built to help you turn what they notice along the way into real conversation and the occasional finished project.

What's inside:

• 12 reading sessions covering all 23 chapters, each with vocabulary words, a reason to listen before you start, natural pausing points, and discussion questions for younger and older children

• A guide to Socratic-style discussion. It covers how to ask an open question and then actually follow where your child's answer goes, instead of working down a list

• Two printable Classic Bookmarks (a full version and a simplified one for younger children) for capturing questions, quotes, vocabulary, memorable characters, and SayGoBeDos as you read

• A Family Quote Wall activity for collecting the lines your family doesn't want to forget

• "Follow the Inklings" activities in every session: ten-minute, thirty-minute, and afternoon-length options tied to whatever your child is actually curious about that week

• Dozens of project ideas organized by interest (mountains, animals, food, nature, characters, history, service, teaching), plus four larger multi-day projects for families who want to go deeper

• Printable forms: a project planning sheet, a sharing-preparation sheet, and a session record to track your family's progress

• "The Thinking Behind This," a chapter that explains the mentoring philosophy behind the guide, for parents who want the reasoning and not just the instructions

Who it's for: Homeschooling families, book-loving parents, and anyone who wants read-aloud time with Heidi to add up to something. No lesson plan or literature degree required, and you don't need a project picked out before you start.

Format: Instant digital download (PDF), designed to be printed and used again with each new classic in the series.

Classics, Projects, and a Mentor's Heart: Winnie-the-Pooh
A Family Project Guide Inspired by A.A. Milne's Classic
By Tatiana Fallon, Heidi Christianson, and Tiffany Earl | Leadership Education Mentoring Institute

A complete, ready-to-use guide for reading the Hundred Acre Wood aloud with your children, covering all four of Milne's original books: Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, and the poetry collections When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six.

What's inside:

• 12 reading sessions covering both story books, with the poems woven in along the way. Each session comes with vocabulary words, a reason to listen before you start, natural pausing points, and discussion questions for younger and older children

• A guide to Socratic-style discussion covering how to ask an open question and follow where your child's answer actually goes

• Two printable Classic Bookmarks (a full version and a simplified one for younger children) for capturing questions, quotes, vocabulary, memorable characters, and SayGoBeDos as you read

• A Family Quote Wall activity for collecting the lines your family wants to keep

• "Follow the Inklings" activities in every session: ten-minute, thirty-minute, and afternoon-length options built around whatever catches your child's attention that week, whether that's Woozle tracks, Heffalumps, or Eeyore's tail

• Dozens of project ideas organized by interest — the Wood's geography, the animals themselves, questions of right and wrong, storytelling — plus larger multi-day projects for families who want to go further

• Printable forms: a project planning sheet, a sharing-preparation sheet, and a session record to track your family's progress

• "The Thinking Behind This," a chapter explaining the mentoring philosophy behind the guide

Who it's for: Homeschooling families, book-loving parents, and anyone who wants read-aloud time in the Hundred Acre Wood to turn into real conversation. No lesson plan or literature degree required.

Format: Instant digital download (PDF), designed to be printed and used again with each new classic in the series.

Classics, Projects, and a Mentor's Heart: Swiss Family Robinson
A Family Project Guide Inspired by Johann David Wyss's Classic
By Tatiana Fallon, Heidi Christianson, and Tiffany Earl | Leadership Education Mentoring Institute

A complete, ready-to-use guide for reading Swiss Family Robinson aloud with your children. Follow the shipwrecked Robinson family from the storm that wrecks their ship to the sail that finally appears on the horizon ten years later. Written for older children (ages 11–14), the guide follows the Fingerprint Publishing 2024 edition.

What's inside:

• 12 reading sessions covering all 18 chapters. Each session comes with five vocabulary words, a reason to listen for younger and older children, natural pausing points, discussion questions, and a running list of the animals the family meets along the way

• A guide to Socratic-style discussion covering how to ask an open question and follow where your child's answer actually goes

• Two printable Classic Bookmarks (a full version and a simplified one for younger children) for capturing questions, quotes, vocabulary, memorable characters, and SayGoBeDos as you read

• A Family Quote Wall activity for collecting the lines your family wants to keep

• "Follow the Inklings" activities in every session: ten-minute, thirty-minute, and afternoon-length options built around whatever catches your child's attention that week, whether that's a staircase inside a tree, a boat made of washtubs, or a boa constrictor

• Dozens of project ideas organized by interest: the island itself, the animals and plants, and questions of what a person ought to do. Plus four larger projects for families who want to go further, from a family documentary to the rescue plan the Robinsons never made

• A printable project planning sheet

• "The Thinking Behind This," a chapter explaining the mentoring philosophy behind the guide

Who it's for: Homeschooling families, book-loving parents, and anyone who wants read-aloud time on a deserted island to turn into real conversation about resourcefulness, family, and hard choices. No lesson plan or literature degree required.

Format: Instant digital download (PDF), designed to be printed and used again with each new classic in the series.