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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.
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.
