The Nesting Instinct - It's Giveaway Time!

Jan. 5, 2009

It's Giveaway Time!

The Heart of the Matter is hosting giveaway week to celebrate their birthday and launch their new magazine! So I want to join in the fun!

I'll be giving away two things: my audio download "Setting Goals for Your Homeschool", which is a 45 minute talk that helps you refocus at the beginning of a new year, and my audio download "Teaching Your Children to Write Well", about how to teach kids to excel in the art of communication. Here's more info on each:

Setting Goals for Your Homeschool

In this 45-minute inspirational talk, I help you formulate goals to make sure that homeschooling reaches its full potential in your home to help you guide your children into living responsible, godly, creative and productive lives that glorify God.

We cover:

How you can find a vision for your family
How you can find a vision for each particular child
What it means to "pull" your child towards what God is calling them
How to bless your children biblically
How to "push" your children towards academic and spiritual growth
How to figure out what life skills you want your children to have
Methods to break up those goals into manageable chunks for each school year

Teaching Your Children to Write Well

This 45-minute interactive talk covers pre-school; elementary school; middle school; and high school. I talk about the resources that I use for teaching writing; creative ways you can help your children paint word pictures without too much whining; how to choose meaningful words; how to mark writing; and more! I even have an extended section on high schoolers, detailing how to help them make arguments, how to use speeches, and more!

We cover:

Using descriptive phrases
Appealing to the senses
What to do with a thesaurus
What to do when a child hates handwriting
How to separate creative writing from the mechanics of writing
How to use literature
How to teach debating
How to use speeches
And how to mark writing!

You can find more information about both products here!

To win, all you have to do is leave a comment. I'll be pulling two winners next Sunday night! Good luck!

But if you want to get something FREE, right now, I also offer a downloadable book report outline, for grades 6 and up, to help your children write a proper book report that doesn't just restate the plot.

Thanks for entering!

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Comments

Jan. 5, 2009 - Birthday-TOSGA

Posted by Jinglbells

Hi, Thanks for the chance to win these awesome freebies. I have just discovered your blogs and have been so encouraged by them. Thank you for this thing that you do.

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Jan. 5, 2009 - Giveaway

Posted by Anonymous

Those downloads sound awesome! Setting goals is something I really meant to do for this school year, but haven't exactly done. Writing & public speaking is so important, too. What a great combo. Whoever wins is really going to enjoy these. Hope I'm one of them!

Thanks for the opportunity!
Misty elvisgirl@hotmail.com

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Jan. 5, 2009 - homeschool giveaway

Posted by Ruth A. Stiles

I would love to win these freebies... I am starting to homeschool in the fall and have been developing a mission statement, goals, and in general just collecting info!

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Jan. 5, 2009 - Give Aways

Posted by Joyfulnspirit

They both seem like very helpful tools. Our homeschool needs rejuvenation. Thanks!

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Jan. 5, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Awesome giveaway- thank you! :)

Melody

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Jan. 6, 2009 - Awesome...

Posted by proverbsmomof3