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Sarah Janisse Brown

Goodreads Author

Born

The United States

Website

http://www.StillSmiling.net

Genre

Christian, Memoir, Self Help

Member Since

November 2014

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Sarah Janisse Brown is the inventor of Dyslexia Games, a world traveler, pancake flipper, potty trainer, happy wife and a homeschooling mother of ten.

In her free time, she fills her journals with art, poetry and prayers, paints murals and mindlessly says "yes" to every child that asks to keep a stray kitten.

Sarah's stories have appeared in Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Above Rubies Magazine, Countryside Magazine, Mother Earth News, as well as several small newspapers. Sarah and her husband Joshua met at Calvary Chapel in Cincinnati, Ohio when they were young teens and were married under a bright blue Indiana sky seven years later. The first baby was born ten months later. He was so cute they decided to have nine more.

After several years of c Sarah Janisse Brown is the inventor of Dyslexia Games, a world traveler, pancake flipper, potty trainer, happy wife and a homeschooling mother of ten.

In her free time, she fills her journals with art, poetry and prayers, paints murals and mindlessly says "yes" to every child that asks to keep a stray kitten.

Sarah's stories have appeared in Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Above Rubies Magazine, Countryside Magazine, Mother Earth News, as well as several small newspapers. Sarah and her husband Joshua met at Calvary Chapel in Cincinnati, Ohio when they were young teens and were married under a bright blue Indiana sky seven years later. The first baby was born ten months later. He was so cute they decided to have nine more.

After several years of competing in the rat race, and adding a new baby to the family every year or two, the couple decided to pack up the kids and follow their childhood dreams. So in 2012 the family opted out of the American Dream, sold everything (or gave it away, because most of it was junk that came from yard sales and thrift shops) and moved to Europe.

Josh sold his computer service business and Sarah resigned from her seat on the Fortville Town Council, where she had been serving as vice president. To survive they started a publishing company (The Thinking Tree, LLC, and began selling selling workbooks for Dyslexic children online. Joshua and Sarah are the developers of creative curriculum and therapy for children with Dyslexia, Asperger's Syndrome and ADHD. They have a heart to help children who struggle with schooling, like Sarah once did, as well as their own dyslexic daughters.

Their online business - www.DyslexiaGames.com, allows them freedom to live and work anywhere on earth... with an internet connection. Recently the family appeared on the reality show House Hunters International, when they moved from Fortville, Indiana to Veneto, Italy. Back in Indiana the Browns were known for the unruly urban homestead, complete with goats and ducks, that they created in their own backyard on Main Street. The Browns now enjoy a life full of love, adventure, serving and learning wherever they may go.

The family now travels the globe together and enjoy a life of mission work, fun-schooling, and travel. They have missed many trains, planes and buses, but they never miss out on the things that matter like love and laughter!

For the rest of the story pick up a copy of Windows to Our World". ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 790 ratings · 51 reviews · 394 distinct works • Similar authors

	Windows to Our World: Sarah's Journal - Growing Up, Crossing Oceans, Finding Love and Giving Life to 10 Children 4.17 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do It Yourself Curriculum - Fun-Schooling with Minecraft: 400 Homeschooling Lessons by Sarah Janisse Brown (Goodreads Author), Isaac Joshua Brown, Tolik Trishkin (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How To Homeschool: A Purse-Sized Guide to Getting Started 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comic Book Math ~ Fun-Schooling Journal: Adding, Writing & Subtracting Games (Ages 6 to 11) (Fun-Schooling With Thinking Tree Books - Homeschooling Math) 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Village - A Coloring Book Adventure: Beyond the Garden Gate, Beneath the Forest Floor, Among the Hollow Trees - A Mystery Endures! (Purse Sized ... & Inspirational for Ages 9 to Adult) 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mom's Fun-Schooling Handbook: Flip to Fun-Schooling - An Idea Book & Coloring Journal for Homeschooling Moms 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Make Money - A Handbook for Teens, Kids & Young Adults: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? What do You Want to Be Now? Dishwashers, ... Coloring Books for Teens, Kids and Adults) by Sarah Janisse Brown (Goodreads Author), Tolik Trishkin (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do It Yourself Homeschool Journal: & Delight Directed Learning Handbook 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dyslexia Games - Brain Food - (Series B, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ages 3 to 7 Fun-Schooling Journal - Do-It-Yourself Homeschooling for Beginners: Homeschool Prep-Book For New Readers and Non-Readers! 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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