Therese McDonald hails from the gently rolling prairie near Derwent, Alberta. A wife and mother of four, she has over sixteen years of home schooling to her credit. As director of WISDOM Home Schooling’s Mediated Learning Program, she offers workshops to families throughout the province, targeted to help parents unlock the unique, God-given learning styles in their children and in themselves. Therese aims to explode the myth that there is a single “cookie-cutter” mode of approaching education and family life, stressing that everyone has a natural intelligence and learning style that can blossom with guidance. She believes that anyone can succeed if given the right tools to enhance learning. There is no need for anyone; child or adult, to stay stuck. Therese has a tremendous love of life, and believes that an attitude of excitement toward learning is crucial to understanding and benefitting from endeavors. All of life is learning, and a passion for it can turn any situation into an opportunity to expand in knowledge and wisdom.

“My husband and I have deliberately chosen to let curiosity loose in our lives and in the lives of our children,” Therese says. “Once we’ve inspired, offered guidance, infused relevance, and imparted faith and reason, we get out of the way and let a holy wind carry the seeds of learning in many directions.”

Best-selling author of 19 novels and several series of childrens’ titles, and with over 3 million books in print in five different languages, Sigmund Brouwer’s Absolute Pressure was a Junior Library Guild selection. Among Sigmund’s titles are eight on the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2009/11 He has appeared on Good Morning America to discuss his work; his books have appeared in the top 20 of Amazon ebook downloads, and in the iTunes/iBooks top 80. Through his Rock & Roll Literacy Show, he speaks to about 80,000 students per year at schools across North America and Europe.