Hi!

I'm Dana Wilson, one of the authors of Epi Kardia Curriculum and a former homeschooling mom, who happily homeschooled our kids from kindergarten through high school.  My primary passion is to help Christian parents intentionally disciple their children and teach them to live biblically. This is the worldview that is espoused in our curriculum and the one from which I write on our blog.

Cameron and I have been married for almost thirty years and have two children, Aliece and Michael.  Aliece is inher first year of graduate school, studying to become a physical therapist and eager to eventually serve in missions or with an under-served population. She is also actively involved inMedical Campus Outreach. Michael is a sophomore at college and is hoping to also be involved in public health, in a capacity yet to be determined. :-)  In the meantime, he enjoys serving on the student leadership team with Crosspoint Church in Clemson, SC. You can see pictures of Aliece and Michael at various ages and in many places on this website!  One of my favorites is here.

I have been a Charlotte Mason educator for many years. One of the first things I learned about homeschooling was that the way I thought I was supposed to teach wasn’t automatically the way my children learned.

It was quite a shock.

The Charlotte Mason method seemed to be exactly right for us. It was natural, flexible, focused on the Bible and the highest quality literature and MUCH easier to teach.  Additionally, I have always been interested in learning styles and the concept of multiple intelligences and have researched both, incorporating the results into our literature-based curriculum.

Before children I served as a Human Resources Director for a national non-profit in the Washington, D.C. area, a counselor/director at a transitional facility for alcoholics and offenders, and an educator of both children and adults.

Read more about the history of Train up a Child Publishing/Epi Kardia below and please feel free to peruse the blog. If you want to learn more about what Charlotte Mason homeschooling looks like, could use some homeschooling encouragement, and would benefit by exhortation regarding living as a Christian mom (or dad), I hope to be able to help.  

Thanks for visiting!

Prior Authors and Company History

Beth Hempton and Kara Murphy were the original authors and founders of Epi Kardia in 2001.  After a short time Kara left  to focus on her growing family, while Beth remained for another few years and then was joined by me in 2003. At that time Epi Kardia Home Education LLC was born. I began a blog in 2007, and we gradually added new curricula over the years, including Daily Lesson Plans and High School courses,to our original Complete Program curricula . 

Feeling the Lord was drawing her back to just teaching , Beth discontinued her active role Epi Kardia at the end of 2009, although she continues to remain in close touch.*  

In 2011 Epi Kardia officially became Train up a Child Publishing, LLC - although none of our goals or beliefs have changed. I hope the new name will be easier to remember -- and it still captures my passion about training our children to live biblically. Gratefully, I have added a small staff and we are thankful to be servicing the Christian homeschooling community in the U.S. and abroad.

If you are a homeschooling parent I want to invite you to join our mailing list to receive two classic e-books - 98 pages in all.  (This is an immediate download.) If you join our list you will also receive one or two e-mails per week offering you parenting support and encouragement as well as practical information about homeschooling, including book reviews, free lesson plans, ...and there is one substantial savings coupon that will be arriving soon after you join - you will just have to join and see.  :-) 

*Beth is a skilled and popular teacher and is currently offering courses for all ages both locally and online. Read about her classes and contact her at her website, Classes By Beth.  Beth continues to use Epi Kardia Curricula for most of her high school courses. Read more about Beth here.

  Read more from Dana by reading the Epi Kardia blog at http://www.epikardia.com/blog/  and following her on Twitter!