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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
Help your children discover where they belong, and what they have to give.
You want all your children, from your youngest listener to your teen, to love great books, think for themselves, and keep gathering on the couch with you. With a little guidance, a good book can become the best part of your day, full of real conversation and ideas your children want to follow.
This is a gentle place to start, for your children and for you.
Heidi is five when her aunt leaves her in the Swiss Alps with a grandfather the whole village fears. On the mountain she finds goats, wildflowers, and a home, until she’s taken to Frankfurt and has to find her way back. Along the way, a lonely old man, a girl who cannot walk, and a boy who will not read all begin to change.
Why this book
Belonging. Children think about what makes a place feel like home, and how to welcome others.
People change when someone cares. Grandfather softens, Clara walks, and Peter learns to read because someone believed in them and waited until they were ready.
Comfort isn’t the same as thriving. Heidi wilts in a fine house in Frankfurt and comes alive on the mountain, a good way into talking about what children really need.
One child can make a difference. Heidi notices, listens, and shares what she has, and the people around her are changed by it.
A great book and a project are real learning. A single project pulls several subjects together. A relief map of Heidi’s mountain brings in geography, math, and art, and following wheat from the field to a finished loaf covers science and math. Afterward, you can write down what it covered for your records.
How it works
Get the book. It’s at almost any library and free to read online.
Read a session together, about two chapters at a time.
When an idea won’t let go, help it become your child’s own project.
Inside: twelve reading sessions covering all 23 chapters, with vocabulary and discussion questions; a guide to asking questions that lead to thinking; printable bookmarks and a Family Quote Wall; activities from ten minutes to an afternoon; dozens of project ideas plus four larger ones; and printable planning and sharing forms.
Don’t let read-aloud time quietly slip away. Gather everyone close and open the book.
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
Help your children discover where they belong, and what they have to give.
You want all your children, from your youngest listener to your teen, to love great books, think for themselves, and keep gathering on the couch with you. With a little guidance, a good book can become the best part of your day, full of real conversation and ideas your children want to follow.
This is a gentle place to start, for your children and for you.
Heidi is five when her aunt leaves her in the Swiss Alps with a grandfather the whole village fears. On the mountain she finds goats, wildflowers, and a home, until she’s taken to Frankfurt and has to find her way back. Along the way, a lonely old man, a girl who cannot walk, and a boy who will not read all begin to change.
Why this book
Belonging. Children think about what makes a place feel like home, and how to welcome others.
People change when someone cares. Grandfather softens, Clara walks, and Peter learns to read because someone believed in them and waited until they were ready.
Comfort isn’t the same as thriving. Heidi wilts in a fine house in Frankfurt and comes alive on the mountain, a good way into talking about what children really need.
One child can make a difference. Heidi notices, listens, and shares what she has, and the people around her are changed by it.
A great book and a project are real learning. A single project pulls several subjects together. A relief map of Heidi’s mountain brings in geography, math, and art, and following wheat from the field to a finished loaf covers science and math. Afterward, you can write down what it covered for your records.
How it works
Get the book. It’s at almost any library and free to read online.
Read a session together, about two chapters at a time.
When an idea won’t let go, help it become your child’s own project.
Inside: twelve reading sessions covering all 23 chapters, with vocabulary and discussion questions; a guide to asking questions that lead to thinking; printable bookmarks and a Family Quote Wall; activities from ten minutes to an afternoon; dozens of project ideas plus four larger ones; and printable planning and sharing forms.
Don’t let read-aloud time quietly slip away. Gather everyone close and open the book.
