Wilderness School

Do you like to exercise? Do you spend most of your exercise time in the gym or in built up areas? Did you know that exercising in the natural environment is better for you? Recent research shows that if we exercise in more natural surroundings it benefits us more, even if we do exactly the same amount. Incredibly, immersing ourselves in forests or being close to the ocean when we exercise can make a significant difference to our energy levels. Now, in Cleverland: The Science of How Nature Nurtures, Dr. Chong Chen examines in more detail the psychology of how nature nurtures us and how our ...

Seeds: Polly has an idea that she can't stop thinking about, one that involves changing a few things about herself. She's setting her sights on a more glamorous life, but it's going to take all of her focus. At least that way she won't have to watch her friends moving so far ahead. Roots: Jo is spending the summer at her family's beach house, working as a busgirl and bonding with the older, cooler girls she'll see at high school come September. She didn't count on a brief fling with a cute boy changing her entire summer.

Follow the misadventures of free-spirited young schoolteacher Betty Wheatley – or Sweetly – as she’s nick-named by her handful of students at a remote school house in the Canadian wilderness. She soon encounters bears, risqué romance, revelry – and retribution from judgemental locals. An insightful engaging novel based on the real-life experiences of author Denise McKay, a former teacher at a one-room schoolhouse in the rugged British Columbia interior. Denise McKay was born in Vancouver and now resides in Ancaster, Ontario. She studied creative writing at Ryerson University and ...

Forbidden love on the frontier.... Hope Tucker is content staying in her hometown of Lamar, Missouri, focusing on her life as a schoolteacher instead of finding love. But when she hears the truth about her parents' romance during the Civil War, how her mother Cordia set out to find her father Will after a deadly battle, Hope is determined to have that sort of adventure as well. Accepting a teaching position in a frontier town in Texas isn't quite what she was expecting--there are no marauders or gunslingers--but there is one man with a shady past, and when the entire town tells her to stay ...

*Are you a Prophet and need practical understanding? * Did people call you a Prophet and now everything is wrong in your life? * Seeing visions and don't understand why? * Need to understand why certain people have purpose in your life? “The Prophet in the Wilderness” is an introductory guide to discover your prophetic call. Apostle Ken Cox shapes his message with God’s word for prophets and aspiring prophets. This book is a model to get the prophetically gifted on the right track towards developing in their gift. You'll discover yourself, why you went through what you did, and most ...

Ten year-old Benny travels west with a knife-throwing, card-playing bank robber, a savage black stallion, and the promise that God will never leave him. Can he trust that promise? Explore this Historical adventure in greater detail and understand the time period better. Study Guide to Benny and the Bank Robber. Teacher edition includes the full story text with comprehension questions, thought questions, and essay and research suggestions plus vocabulary by chapter and answer keys and project suggestions.