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Set of 6 DVDs 

Fathers need to begin speaking to their sons. But the conversation can’t be aimless or trivial. Fathers need to talk in manly and specific ways about the duties of Christian manhood. This six-part DVD series is designed to provide fathers and future fathers with simple examples of manly discussion. Where does a dad begin? With the pressing issues that weigh on young minds, these informal, unrehearsed conversations between Geoffrey Botkin and his five sons show how it can be done.

Each episode tackles an age appropriate discipline of manhood and how it is developed with fathers. Sons learn the disciplines of manhood through hard work. Fathers interpret the world for sons through shared adventures. Sons learn leadership duties through worship. Sons learn to conquer the world by dominion and to hold the ground they take through spiritual battle. Each rich conversation is broken into short study segments, and thorough Bible-study notes are provided as PDFs which can jump-start family or Bible-study discussions. Also included is the sixth bonus DVD: How To Talk to Your Sons and 103 pages of study materials.

I’d like to prescribe this series for every father in America. Fathers desperately need to turn their hearts to their sons. This series will give them confidence to do it.”
— D. Matthew Clark, M.D.

We have found these DVD’s an excellent aid in discipling our sons.  Not to be a replacement to talking with your sons by any means, but a great jump start for many families with boys.  Our daughter also benefitted from them. Many important topics are covered from work, worship and war to adventure and many others.  A very useful tool.

430 minutes in length
Widescreen NTSC, all regions

Creation or Evolution

by Mike Snavely

Have you ever seen a curriculum designed specifically to deal with the creation vs. evolution issue?  If you’re like us, you have probably always taught your children about creation, but here is a workbook to help cement all your teaching, and perhaps a few more important facts , into your children’s minds. This book is designed for self-study purposes, for anyone 6th grade and above, but could be used for students as young as 10 if done along with an adult.  It contains forty lessons that are divided into seven units.  Most lessons have worksheets, and all units have tests.  Most use this for their children as a Bible supplement.  It’s designed to answer many of the questions asked on the issue of origins:

•Where did you come from? Why are you alive?

•Were you created, or did you evolve?

•Does it make a difference what you believe?

•How long were the “days” of creation?

•What is science? What is evolution?

•Does science support the theory of evolution?

•What happened to the dinosaurs?

•Was the flood really worldwide?

•Where did all the water go?

•What does nature have to say about origins?

•Were there “hominids” in the past – evidence of human evolution?

This curriculum answers these and many other questions. It is designed to give the student a well-rounded view of the whole “creation model” of origins.  This study of the biblical account of origins will stretch the student’s faith in the written Word of God and encourages confidence when facing a world hostile to its message. All tests and answers included. 147 pages; 450g.

by Sandi Queen

Book #3 in Queen Homeschool’s best selling Growing Up Series, this booklet follows on from From Girl to Woman or From Boy to Man, at your discretion. Written in a non-threatening way introducing the Why, When and How of going about finding your future spouse. A very helpful tool to use with your older children.

Robert and Shelley Noonan $22

Fathers understandably feel awkward discussing purity with their daughters.  However, this book invites fathers to bravely assume their God given responsibility to protect their daughter’s purity for marriage while cultivating a close, loving relationship that will influence future generations. Together you will…

* Discover God’s perfect plan for marriage

* Explore ways to preserve your daughter’s purity

* Cultivate discernment and discretion

*Define your expectations of your daughter’s ‘prince’

* Create a hope chest

* Commemorate the experience with a Purity Ceremony 

by Jennie Bishop

In this engaging children’s story, healthy friendship grows into committed love as Seth and Petra build a beautiful garden and the wall that protects it. The words of 1 Corinthians 13 carved into the expanding wall are practical in all relationships – with friends, in school, in families. Anyone who chooses to mirror these qualities can expect good results as they grow relationships into deep, trusting, lasting friendships. Use this book to open doors of communication with your children as you teach them the very important lessons regarding healthy, loving relationships.

As the story progresses, you will see how a healthy friendship grows into committed love as Seth and Petra build a garden and the wall that protects it.The roles of men and women are gently but clearly portrayed to support the ideal of the biblical, lifetime pairing of one man and one woman.  Another lovely and very helpful book written by the author of The Princess and the Kiss and The Squire and the Scroll. 

from Pearables

This book is designed to help boys 11 years or older with Biblical perspectives toward life and those who are around them.  It can be used by fathers and sons, or a group.  It will aid in building a foundation that will help boys grow into tomorrow’s Godly men.  Some of the topics covered are: Boys Make Men; Dangers of Influence; Battle With Self; A Successful Life Plan; Honouring Mother; Industry; Intergrity; The Need for Christ and more.

by M J Adler and C Van Doren

Originally published in 1940, this book has become a rare phenomenon, a “living” classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.

You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them — from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author’s message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.

Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.

If you desire education to be at your fingertips, then you will want this book.  An essential asset to the self learner’s library.

For the first time in America’s history, young ladies can expect to encounter a large gap between their years of basic training and the time when they marry… if they marry. Now Christian girls all throughout our country are seriously asking: What’s a girl to do with her single years?

Two years after the publication of their best-selling book, So Much More, Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin are taking the message of visionary daughterhood to a new level and into a new medium. This highly-controversial documentary will take viewers into the homes of several young women who have dared to defy today’s anti-family culture in pursuit of a biblical approach to daughterhood, using their in-between years to pioneer a new culture of strength and dignity, and to rebuild Western Civilization, starting with the culture of the home.

“After twenty-five years of speaking to the home-school movement, I have never seen a more effective tool to reach the hearts of fathers who love their daughters but don’t know how to lead them, than this powerful DVD by Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin.”
—Dr. Marshall Foster

As the home goes, so often goes the church, and society at large. Learn along with Anna Sofia and Elizabeth, the fulfilling, exciting life of impact and accomplishment that young women can and should have. Discover the power of the family unit and a picture of the biblical home as the center of dominion work — a vibrant centre of education, ministry, evangelism, culture, entrepreneurialism and hospitality.

This DVD is not just for those of us with daughters.  Everyone will benefit from the truths communicated therein.  Do you want your sons to be knowledgable about what to look for in a wife?  What if God blesses them with daughters?  This is a great tool offering insight for our future’s men and fathers. And, not to mention heaps of encouragement for mums, too.

Read a review here.

58 minutes in length
Widescreen NTSC, all regions
50 minutes of extra materials

See also Anna Sophia and Elizabeth’s book So Much More

An Introduction to Natural Learning Using Her Methods

by Sandi Queen  $7.00

There are many excellent ‘Charlotte Mason’ books out there.  This little book does not intend to take their place.  It is a starting point – an introduction, just as the title suggests.  Read it first if you are contemplating a Charlotte Mason style education for your children.  In these pages you will find the basics of her style of education and where to look for further information.

This book is not another Christian-teenage-girl “survival guide.” So Much More shows how Christian girls can wage war with the world and win. The Botkin sisters focus on how young women can rise above their God-hating culture and change it for the better.

Today, countless young ladies face difficult problems and challenging questions. While many long for godly purpose in their lives, their bewilderment mounts when they observe broken homes, distant fathers, overwhelmed mothers, degrading college courses, and a lack of spiritual guidance — both at home and at church. As hope for security and stability fades, it is no wonder that many young ladies feel orphaned, unprotected, and without hope for their futures.

Within the pages of this book, discover practical, biblical solutions for the young woman who wants to do so much more than just “survive” in a savagely feministic, anti-Christian culture. Find the answers a girl is not likely to get from her church, her peers, or her culture.

“You hold in your hands a rare gem, the fruit of godly parenting, biblical mentoring and thoroughly scriptural teaching. Its vision is one that should awaken every daughter to the calling she has to advance the kingdom of God.”  Jennie Chancey co-author of Passionate Housewives Desparate for God.

“As the father of five dautghters, I feel the weight of my call to protect them. This book, with wisdom, charity, logic and beauty, not only deepened that weight, but lightened the load. These young ladies have honoured their parents and have served generations to come.  I encourage fathers, mothers, daughters and sons to read this book – and that covers everyone.”  RC Sproul Jr.

“In So Much More the writers…have managed to expose the feminist lies that have indoctrinated our western culture and even crept into the church.  While the two young maidens wisely point our daughters to God’s Word and to the protection and leadership of their Daddy, they also show young ladies how serving one’s father as a daughter at home truly glorifies the Lord.” Stacy McDonald co-author of Passionate Housewives Desparate for God.

This book is a real breath of fresh air!  I enjoyed every page, including and especially, the appendix with its expose of Marxism.  Good to read and work through with your daughter. Challenging, even for mothers.  A brilliant book. Hardcover. 620g.

See also the authors’ DVD The Return of the Daughters