A few weeks ago I shared news of the JNP Project as well as a new educational chapter book series that helps kids recognize their inner-awesome selves. I am excited to share a guest post with you today from Dona Rudderow Sturn, who behind the JNP Project. I also wanted to share that since my last post, the Boomerang It! Challenge has spread to Maryland, Missouri, Texas, Utah, New York, Canada, Australia, Cyprus, Germany, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Nepal, Singapore, Spain, and South Africa. Amazing!
And, now for Dona's post about the JNP Project and how you can help empower kids and their self-esteem...
The JNP Project is dedicated to help
kids grow their inner awesome (self-esteem) through chapter book adventures in
character, courage, and confidence.
Parents want their kids to stand tall with positive self-esteem—as
a mom of four children, I certainly do. Years ago when my kids were little, I
searched for resources created especially for children to build their
self-esteem—the results were limiting, and the endless search was frustrating!
Although I found and read many good books to them, I could not
find books about building self-esteem that met my need for a balanced approach.
I wanted—and still want—my kids to feel good about themselves. To believe that
they can make unique and valuable contributions to themselves, their
communities, and the world. And to
understand that acting from true self-esteem positively affects others.
I wondered: where were the self-esteem resources that would
empower kids’ growth in their true
self-esteem? Fortunately, today there are many resources available,
especially online, to help parents support their children’s self-esteem
development. But, where do you find those
that will give kids the empowering message that “I am awesome from the
inside-out!
That question led me to found The JNP (Jane Not Plain) Project. Through thirty-one new, fun, adventurous, and
educational chapter books, JNP is helping kids recognize their inner-awesome
selves (self-esteem) and to deliberately choose to act from their own character,
courage, and confidence.
In this illustrated Adventures to Awesome series, kids from
ages 5-12+ “visit” truth, kindness, harmony, forgiveness, giving, love,
compassion, determination, and strength as they meet nine-year-old Jane;
her extraordinary talking goldfish, Oracle; and their friend Jake. In the
Undersea World of
Awesome, our readers—like the kids at Bates Middle School in Annapolis,
MD (shown above), become friends with sea-creature characters such as wise, old
Jaunty Mr. Sea Turtle, Monte The Magnificent crab, the teenage Royal Mer-Twins,
and the (often) annoying Murky Moray Eel. With Jane, Jake, and Oracle, our
readers solve puzzles, discover inner-awesome character traits, and hunt
for—and find—The Big Secret.
More
information about JNP books is available here. A free
PDF of the JNP series Prequel book, Jane
& Jake’s Adventures to Awesome: The Journey Begins, is on this page, ready
for downloading. (Parent Kits that correspond to each JNP book are also featured
at the bottom of this page.)
One simple way to get
involved with building self-esteem through doing acts of goodness for others is
to join the JNP Project’s exciting new “Acts of…” Boomerang It! Challenge, which is now circling the globe. (Please visit
The JNP BoomerangIt! Challenge page for further details.) The
ENTIRE Marley Middle School just took the Challenge !
Marley Middle School students, along with Glen Burnie, MD
Let’s help kids shine
from their inner awesome. It is Positively
Empowering!TM
More About Dona Rudderow Sturn:
"I strive to develop, deliver and support the “good-things”– those that are the most positively enriching tools for parents to strengthen their children’s confidence and fruitful learning experiences for children to grow stronger with insightful characters and adventures that will stay with them for their lifetime. The JNP Project promotes self-esteem through stories and products that are fun, educational, inspiring, and enriching. I am working to do something good, do it right, and through my efforts and The JNP Project, make a positive difference for children!"
Learn more about the JNP Project, the new self-esteem building educational book series, as well as the Boomerang It! Challenge by visiting http://thejnpproject.com/.
