7 Tools for Cultivating Your Child's Potential

by Zan Tyler

God created the family to be a powerful, life-shaping force in the lives of our children to be the place where their potential can be energetically and effectively nourished and cultivated. Sadly, in today s culture, kids and parents alike often treat the home as the spot to recharge their cell phones, change clothes between activities, and crash at night. It's time we moved beyond the status quo and learned to use the tools the Master Gardener has provided for tending our homes and teaching our children. Zan Tyler will help you recognize the signs of potential in each of your children, signs that are easy to miss yet are ripe for cultivation. As you read, you will find exciting ways to enable your kids to establish a godly identity, discover their purpose, develop a biblical worldview, and build leadership and communication skills.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction, Faith

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Zan Tyler has been a homeschooling mother, lobbyist, political strategist, and media spokesperson since 1984. In 1987, she was honored as the South Carolina Homemaker of the Year. She and her husband, Joe, founded the South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools in 1990 and Zan served as its president for 10 years. The governor of South Carolina awarded Zan the Order of the Palmetto—the highest honor a civilian can receive—in 1998.

Zan is the Homeschool Resource and Media Consultant for Broadman & Holman Publishers and the Homeschool Editor for LifeWay.com. Her work appears in a variety of publications, including the prestigious Peabody Journal of Education and the Home School Court Report. She coauthored Anyone Can Homeschool with Dr. Terry Dorian in 1996, and her newest book, 7 Tools for Cultivating Your Child’s Potential, was released in 2005. She has also appeared on NBC’s Today Show with Katie Couric. Zan speaks on a wide variety of homeschooling topics and finds it one of her greatest joys in life to encourage other homeschooling mothers.

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book back in 2014 and again this summer. I was looking for help homeschooling highschoolers. In 2014 E was my concern and now in 2020 D is. They are so different. However, this book wasn't helpful to me for either of them.

She does have some good thoughts, quotes, ideas, and resources.

My problem is I found myself comparing my kids to hers and feeling deflated, like I've failed.

[Stacy Atherton Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've had this in my arsenal for over 5 years, but I can finally say I pulled it off my shelves and read it - and LOVED it! So much wonderful information, such a fascinating story, definitely a great read.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good reminder for me. Looking forward to going back and reading my highlights. I was reading 3 books at once and feel I didn't give my full attention to this...krb 4/7/18

[Cecile · Rating 2 out of 5]

How is this biblical while using evolutionary dating? I enjoyed her other homeschooling book, but this one, from the beginning.. dreary and tiresome.

[Leigh Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just what I needed to remind me why I homeschool.

[Eileen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zan Tyler shows us how beneficial her years schooling her three children were in being an influential part of the legislative process on homeschooling in South Carolina. Her children were all introduced to politics in a fun and informative way. She uses much biblical wisdom to stress that this is the priority to help kids remain "marked by faith, prayer, courage, discernment, consistency, and lack of compromise." It is wonderful to hear such fine testimony for parents who are interested in keeping their children in a deep faith life while engaging in life skills rather than just a classroom situation in the learning process. She has some beautiful quotes, like this on from John Taylor Gatto: "No effect of compulsory mass-schooling is more resistant to remedy than the damage it has done to the American family by separating parents and kids." I highly recommend this book if you are a parent or will be one anytime soon.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

enjoying it so far. Wonderful book about homeschooling.

[Karin Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such an encouraging book. By focusing on my children's potential and unique gifts while also getting them to focus on it, I have seen 2 children blossom virtually overnight!