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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk to Lisa VanDamme, founder of the VanDamme Academy in Southern California. Lisa is passionate about making meaningful works of literature part of everyone&rsquo;s life. They are joined by Joseph Tabenkin, who began following her reading program and developed an app for it: Read With Me. Listen to this episode as Andrew and Lisa compare favorite novels and share the joy of reading.
<h3>Referenced Materials</h3>
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<li><a href="https://www.vandammeacademy.com/lisa-vandamme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lisa VanDamme</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vandammeacademy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">VanDamme Academy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://readwithmesalon.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read With Me</a></li>
<li><a href="https://classicaleducationapps.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joseph Tabenkin</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1254" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cyrano de Bergerac</a> by Edmond Rostand</li>
<li><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/49372" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ninety-Three </a>by Victor Hugo</li>
<li><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/iew-public-production/files/page/fileattachment/IEW_Book_Recommendations.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IEW Book Recommendations</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vandammeacademy.com/favorite-books-by-grade-level" target="_blank" rel="noopener">VanDamme Academy favorite books</a></li>
<li><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/iew-public-production/files/podcast/fileattachment/E414_Transcript_20240419.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transcript of Podcast Episode 414</a></li>
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Episode 415: Get Thee to a Homeschool Convention

The Arts of Language Podcast, with Institute for Excellence in Writing’s founder Andrew Pudewa, is a weekly podcast to support teachers of writing composition. Our goal is to equip teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent communicators and thinkers.