Motivational QuickBooks and other resources for homeschoolers

How to avoid burnout. ~  How to teach a resistant student. ~  How to trigger the brain in 12 ways. ~ How to touch-type in 5 days instead of wasting a year learning it. ~ How to wow your friends on piano overnight with chords. ~ How to learn all 48 character traits through coloring and singing. ~ How to ignite the LOVE of writing. ~How to drastically improve your child’s penmanship in one session. ~ How to start to homeschool: what to think, say and do. ~ How to identify the earmarks of wrongful academic idolatry. ~ How to occupy your preschooler productively and intellectually for hours. ~ How to motivate your child on a day when he is blue. ~ How to give your children no cost funny little rewards and tricks. ~ How to discover holes in your children’s personal and academic development (checklist). ~ How to learn multiplication facts faster than normal through pictures. ~ Who were the famous people who were homeschooled and who dropped out of public school. ~ How to teach a gifted child. ~ How to teach basic grammar with pictures.  Presto. Easy. ~ How to teach study techniques in one session, so that they RETAIN what they study. ~ How to get your kids to think outside the box, creatively, all the time. ~ How to develop critical thinking skills, they’ll move from identifying facts vs. opinion, to identifying advertising gimmicks to knowing Latin logical fallacy terms (the sentences are hilarious). ~ How to conquer the classics (12 famous works of literature )with thought-provoking godly questions (7th-12^th grades). ~ How to totally revel in the timeless story of The Wind in the Willows… creative activities and questions (4^th –12^th grades). ~ How to enjoy your first short, witty drama: perform Rindercella… Cinderella all mixed up. ~ How to conquer 20 different kinds of speeches. ~ Each speech is 5 minutes or less. ~ Covers every type of possible speech needed over a lifetime. ~ How to knock the evolutionists dead in debate:  Key points. ~ How to discipline and train your children effectively. ~ How to stay on top. ~ How to train your children even further. ~ Interviews from together families. ~ How to raise an only child, with its unique challenges. ~ How to painlessly and thoroughly teach Bible doctrine through pictures (based on Westminster Catechism). ~ How to get your child to LOVE God’s word, not just read it: 5 ways. ~ How to evangelize using striking COLORS. ~ How not to waste your youth (a jr. high pep-talk of great weight – not to be forgotten). ~ How to uncover what historically great men said  (rare out-of-print quotes). ~ How to start your own business by tonight – detailing cars (jr. ~ high and up). ~ Girls can do dry detailing of interiors only and make a pack of money, too. ~ How to make sure your son is ready for marriage PRACTICALLY (godly son checklist. ) ~ How to make sure your daughter is ready for marriage PRACTICALLY (godly daughter checklist). ~ How a young woman can wait for marriage; what to think; how to cope. ~ How a young man can wait for marriage; what to think; how to cope. ~ How to look at life the day after graduation (15 sterling principles.) ~ How to imitate Sarah’s Beauty Secret. ~ How to view your womanhood as God made you and not get lost in a stumbling identity. ~ How to examine the Biblical headcovering (you may find this neglected practice a lost blessing). ~ How to transition from wearing daily pants to wearing daily dresses. ~ How and why a woman benefits by keeping quiet in the assembly. ~ How to resolve marital conflicts HAPPILY. ~ How to manage your home superbly; scores of grandmas’ practical strategies and new ways to think. ~ How to goal set and manage time. ~ How to wind up with more and more money in your pocket at the end of each month. ~ How to get out of house mortgage debt. ~ 10 extraordinary true stories. ~ How to interior decorate on a shoestring. ~ How to feed your kids for peak performance. ~ How to prepare fast and easy raw food recipes that actually taste good. ~ How to run toward (not away from) fixing dinner night after night. ~ How to set the table and what to talk about for maximum mealtime enjoyment. ~ How to preserve and arrange your family records and photos. ~ How to thoroughly prepare for any emergency. ~ How to get real rest (Me? Keep the Sabbath?). ~How to do the Jewish Feast Days, simply. ~ How to keep your kids from slipping into our culture’s Sea of Materialism. ~ How to compare Jesus with Santa, point by point: revealing. ~ How to celebrate Christmas or the Feast of Tabernacles with the Lord, not without Him (25 godly object lessons). ~ How to plan a child’s party with wonderful memories, not money.  ~ How to make it through holidays without stress. ~ How to get your family to laugh (clean, hilarious side-splitters). ~ How to check yourself off on Wesley’s daily holiness checklist. ~ How to view a miscarriage Biblically. ~ How grandparents can make a big difference – practical ways.  ~ How to forgive when it seems a lingering problem. ~ How to turn the TV off successfully. ~ How to share the birds and the bees to give God the most glory. ~ How to appreciate and enjoy Rembrandt. ~ How to appreciate and enjoy Bach (a play). ~ How to write a play with power and punch. ~ How to calm your children with godly, classical lullabies. ~ How to draw by seeing. ~ How to wash the dishes and not be aware of it. ~ Float through your maintenance jobs by listening to these compellingly beautiful interwoven compositions of hymns and classics. ~ Piano and cello. ~

Additional how-to’s for your body (not covered in the package deal):  How to get and stay healthy…rebound. ~ Get our recommended SOFT-bounce, not a cheap store-HARD bounce mass-produced in Asia . ~ How to breathe pure indoor air with activated oxygen and radio waved ions. ~ Get our recommended air purifier. ~ How to drink pure water from home. ~ Get our recommended distiller. ~ How to get the MOST juice out of your carrots. ~ Get our recommended juicer. ~ We have researched heavily, finding and wanting only the best to offer you. ~

Here's a partial description of some of the other products only available from Cross-Over:

Academic Checklist   (#52; 1 page, two-sided) $1.00

A comprehensive checklist of subjects and areas that can be covered in home school.  Helps one to not overlook an important area, or to discover holes in one’s current curriculum, viewed in the broadest sense.  

 Action Academics   (#18; 11 pages) $2.50

Want your child to spell to, too and two the right way every time from now on? At last, here's a fool-proof way to conquer 13 stubborn academic problems--errors made repeatedly by adults . . . little problems that make a big difference.  Your children can master them, and they'll stay mastered. Give your child this lasting academic confidence. This small booklet of 13 ditties does it!  Simple to memorize . . . tough to forget. Compiled by an exasperated high school English teacher who wanted these problems conquered for life at the elementary level.

Critical Thinking Skills   (#6; 17 pages) $3.50

What's the matter with this statement? "Do you walk to work or take your lunch?" Trade in naiveté for bedrock thinking. Learn how to detect the logical errors in scores of statements manipulators try to use on you. Hilarious examples for developing serious mental survival skills.

Draw to See   (#54; 3 pages) $1.50

Five simple consecutive steps to teach kids to produce real art.

Goal Setting and Time Management  (#4; 8 pages) $2.00

Gems taken from scores of books on highly effective people. Gets you on top of your circumstances rather than under them. Just one of these powerful ideas could make your influence and productivity far above what it is at present.

Humpty Dumpty Intellectual Stretch  (#53; 3 pages) $2.00

21 simple stretching questions to ask of any story or information to produce brand new thinking.

Motivation: Academic Energizer   (#9; 5 pages) $2.00

Put the sparkle and joy back in your child's eyes. Motivation is so important that without it there is no education. With it, students can begin to grasp what it means to be made in the limitless image of God. Get these simple principles under your belt and watch the hard part of the job disappear from your teaching.

No Monkey Business   (#19; 33 pages) $3.50

25 practical discipline strategies that work immediately. No ho-hum theory here . . . just teacher-proven, time-tested techniques used with scores of children at the worst times of day in the worst settings with happy results.

Speak-Ease   (for grades 4-12) (#51; 29 pages) $5.00

Your children may be learning to write well these days, but are they learning to speak persuasively? ...like Patrick Henry, who said "Give me liberty or give me death!" Herein lies much of a child’s future power to influence others. Learn how to prepare and deliver 20 different types of speeches (each, 3 minutes or less). Funny, too!

Study Techniques   (#15; 4 pages) $2.00

Every student needs to hear these study strategies at least once. Grab this scholastic lifeline. Cut the waste of time, package the content for strong recall. Take two students spending equal time pouring over the same material. One will emerge with it, the other won't. The study skills make the difference. A must for the college bound, but begin it with your fourth grader.

Teaching Gifted Children...H-E-L-P!   (#8; 13 pages) $2.50

How to handle a gifted child. Unique problems, challenges and solutions!

12 Optimum Ways to Trigger the Brain   (#7; 20 pages) $3.50

12+ optimum ways to trigger the brain with any subject matter! The fastest route and shortest distance to mastery of new information. Innovative, jaw-dropping methods useful for any home educator.  These ideas can make the teaching time you spend with your child far more efficient.

Bach: Man of God    (#50; 42 pages, plus program notes) $5.00 per script copy

Enjoy learning about the private side of Bach's life.  This is a play script for family, homeschool group, church or school productions (or use it for reader’s theater, without all the sets and costumes).  History and comedy are packed into this heartwarming true story of J. S. Bach’s life.  Includes little-known facts, presented from a Christian point of view.  Powdered wigs, fancy dresses and exquisite music all make for an unforgettable evening.  Order just 1 for a great read-aloud, or order 11 for a full cast.  At last, a play both you and your audience can sink your teeth into and get spiritual meat.  Play script (42 pages) and program notes (8 half-size pages).   

No Nonsense Nutrition for Peak Performance Kids  (#58; 33 pages)  $3.50

How would your car perform with ice cream in its gas tank? Give your loved ones the best fuel possible. Learn nuggets of nutritional know-how that'll make your family healthier.  We've put this article together to help you as a busy mom feed your family much better than you ever thought possible.  An entire family's health can hang on the choices that mom makes in the kitchen.  The more knowledgeable she is about food, the better they feel.

Many moms simply don't have the time to read the hundreds of health books out there to find out the optimum things to do.  We have tried to package the best of them for you in this small article, so that you can quickly learn the key facts about food that make such a dramatic health difference. 

A special boost for your home education:

Ask us about ordering a Needak® Soft-Bounce™ Folding Rebounder (#66) at a discounted price!  Includes free video, free book (Jumping for Health), and carrying case. Your total cost for each is $215.00 plus $20 shipping charge; add $50 plus $5 shipping to include a stabilizing bar (must be ordered at the same time as the rebounder for this deal).  The design and function of this particular rebounder are infinitely better than that of the cheap chain-store varieties.  The key is the soft health-bounce of the Needak®--so much easier on your joints.

Rebounding is the ideal way to conquer a "non-weather-dependent" means of exercise -- one that doesn't cost anything or demand that you go anywhere.  The more hurdles you have to overcome to do it, the less likely you'll be to stick with it.  Some believe that rebounding is absolutely the best exercise, because it stretches every cell against a gravitational pull--even exercising your lymphatic system itself, for maximum toxin removal.  Long walks will be sabotaged the instant the weather turns sour.  If you establish a basic exercise habit in the house, you can always go out for a walk in addition when the weather permits.  You need something that will carry you through the inclement days that will stockpile to break your habit.  Click here for more info.

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