It turned out that the newly minted publishing house had already released its first book - "On the Sailors and Pirates" (original spelling), the author - Makariy Andreevich, six and a half years old. For the first time, it turned out to be a picture book, with several captions for the drawings. "This book will tell you about bloodthirsty pirates and noble sailors" block letters in the blurb on the back cover. Well, yes, of course, they recently defeated Treasure Island, and now we need to give vent to our impressions. But how, I wonder, does Makar know that annotations exist in books? When reading aloud, we usually skip them. Well, apparently, from the air, from time to time various adult words fly in it ...

But these were not all my morning surprises.

After breakfast, Makar called his grandfather, as usual, to find out how he was doing and his health, and casually asked:

Would you like to write a book review? I opened a publishing house, maybe you will write reviews?

There seemed to be a surprised pause on the other end of the line. Makar began to patiently explain:

Well, you see, a review is a story about a book so that people know whether it is good or not. Here you write, and I will print.

"Where, I wonder?" - I thought, involuntarily listening to the conversation.

But it turns out that my children have already come up with everything. They decided not to limit themselves to the release of a pirated series, but also to publish a handwritten magazine - for mom as a gift for Easter. And two days later I received it. The topic, of course, is also Easter, since the publication is also declared as “the Orthodox magazine Dmitry”. (Well, how interesting! The publishing house is named after the youngest of our children, and the magazine is named after the middle son. I won’t be surprised if Anna, for example, a needlework magazine for girls, will be published in a couple of days ...) In the magazine “ Dmitry ”was as many as four pages of A4 format, Anina’s poetic experiments and Makarushkina’s congratulations on the holiday. In the evening of the same day, the publishing house began work on a story about the adventures of junior lieutenant Aerostatov in the war. (For several weeks now, older children have been reading military stories with enthusiasm, and, apparently, the degree of inner experiences is such that they need to be thrown out on paper. And now they are together, like Ilf and Petrov, composing adventures.)

Of course, all this is another game that will most likely end quickly and be replaced by some other, no less exciting one. But in itself it is wonderful that it has arisen, right? For me, this means that the reading development of older children is moving into some new quality. Quite by accident, they discovered that a person writes because he wants to express in words what overwhelms his soul. And we decided to try. But it turns out that we still need to do something so that it would be interesting for others to read, and now they are trying to comprehend the “kitchen” creative process. They experiment with a word, a plot, a font, a picture in the same way as they do home experiments and concerts or make homemade soap. Now they are very actively trying themselves in various "adult" roles, and I am very glad that one of the ways of adult life - working on texts, entering the world of thoughts and feelings of another person - turned out to be so important for them that their own children's home publishing house was born .

A year and a half ago, Alexander and Olga Skrebeiko took a chance and engaged in "dreams come true" - they borrowed a million rubles and released a product that has not been there yet, but which turned out to be needed by many people. And all without leaving home.

Alexander: In our youth, we considered ourselves cool entrepreneurs, we made a lot of mistakes. We realized that we don’t have enough brains to do business the way we want. And I went to work in different companies to learn the mind. At some point, we matured and decided to realize our dreams. To do what makes us ring. Olya loved to write all the time, loved books and dreamed of something related to this. We started with her dream, because she is closer and more accessible to us. Now we are slowly approaching mine.

Olga: I studied at the International Erickson Coaching University and worked with people in personal sessions for 9 years. And I saw how open, deep questions help people change something in their lives. I liked it all very much. And besides, I have always loved writing practices. I've been keeping diaries since I was probably fifteen. A suitcase with my notebooks moves with us from country to country, from city to city. And that's really cool, because I can look back ten years, see what I thought, what happened to me. We come up with different things that I personally, a person who is fond of writing practices, keeping diaries and diaries, really need. And since they were not in the form I would like, I decided to create them.

Our main engine, the product that started our company, is a set of workbooks for adults with written practices for self-development.

The idea is this. We have gathered people - trainers, coaches, successful businessmen. For example, among the authors there is Ayaz Shabutdinov, the owner of the hostel chain and the Like holding, he made a workbook for us on how to set goals. We collected twelve such authors, each made workbook. These are not books. After all, reading business books, we sometimes reach practical exercises and either we jump over them, or we throw them away, without getting any benefit. Mikhail Ivanov, one of the founders of the Mann, Ivanov and Ferber publishing house, spoke about such an experiment. They formed a corporate library. The manager asked the employee to read one book, where on the 57th page he wrote: “If you have read this far, let's discuss everything with you.” Not a single person came forward to discuss. Therefore, the format of our workbooks is 60 sheets with brief theory and a place for practice, where you can do some exercises, answer questions. It is designed for a month of work, and the whole box of Tesoro notes, consisting of 12 notebooks, is for a year. A person receives expert support on personal development from 12 diverse authors. Tesoro notes are reissued every year with new authors, with different content. But the previous one is still for sale. That is, you can buy both Tesoro notes-2016 and Tesoro notes-2017. We are now preparing for 2018.


Our product is unique. By the number of authors gathered in one place, by the principle of a workbook as a workbook for an adult, and by packaging. Everything is decorated with soul, with love for each leaflet, on art paper. The covers were painted in watercolor in Canada, special art paper was ordered in St. Petersburg. Notebooks are folded into unique wooden boxes that are nice to hold in your hands. We first thought of making Tesoro in the form of a thick book. Then they realized that a book is not the place where people are ready to write. Therefore, they chose the form of a beautiful notebook, he directly asks to be filled out. Sometimes people write to us: what beautiful notebooks, so reluctant to get them dirty. But it's like eating from crystal glassware, wearing lace underwear and generally enjoying all the moments of life.

We had small savings, and we borrowed the main start-up capital in the region of a million rubles on harsh conditions from friends. The first edition of Tesoro notes was 500 copies, we quickly sold it out, small pre-orders helped us. We consulted with marketers, they told us: “Guys, you are going to new market, they don't do that. We don't know how to move forward, try everything."

By that time, we had a personal brand formed, there was a pool of people who liked what we do, there were subscribers who followed our life and our movements. Our twelve authors had the same devoted, interested people. Therefore, when we announced that we were going to release Tesoro notes and that we could pre-order, and our authors did the same, buyers came to us.

Tesoronotes was such a success, among other things, due to its low price. In focus groups, it was estimated at 5-6 thousand rubles. But it seemed to us that from the point of view of the buyer it was expensive, and we wanted to more people could work with such an interesting tool. Therefore, we made a minimal markup and think that if it had cost 5 thousand, we would not have sold so much. The second Tesoro notes, due to some changes, became more expensive in terms of cost, but due to the increased circulation, we were able to get discounts from some counterparties and kept the same price - 3 thousand rubles. Based on the results of this year, we will reach an increase of approximately 40-45% to the number of the first circulation sold.


Our second big thing is Khaos planner, diaries-designers, for which we make manually leather and felt covers.

They are very practical, they have many different internal blocks for planning - in a dot, in a cage, in a ruler, you can design a convenient diary for yourself. And what is important, when you have used up the leaves, you simply order a new inexpensive block, insert it and continue using it. The leather cover will last for many years, and it will be nice to hold it in 10 years and remember that once you wrote something there and it has already been fulfilled.

One of our new directions is the Living Letters project. It is designed for children from 7 to 10 years old. Mom buys a subscription, chooses a topic on the site, and once a week a paper letter arrives in the child's mailbox. Each reveals one interesting topic for research and reflection, and there is also a game, task or experiment. So far we have tried this project in a test format, very good results. Now we want to expand it. It will be huge tree- menu different topics and directions, from entertaining to educational, including for adults. Now we are preparing for the conference, following which, if all goes well, we will launch these Live Letters in 26 countries. Children will exchange experiences and send such letters to their peers, and then they will write socially interesting projects aimed at pensioners, grandparents, and the disabled.

My name is Olga, my husband is Sasha. We have been together for ten years, and during these years we have managed to live in three cities, two countries, give birth to three sons (all in different cities) and work together in different matters. Now we have a home publishing house skrebeyko.ru.

Our boys help us in all matters. Sasha is the eldest son, he is seven years old, at first he put branded seals on envelopes and boxes. Nikita (he is four) helped lay out the envelopes on the floor to dry the paint. It was a year ago. Now Sanka is helping us to complete orders with might and main. He opens the computer, looks at what needs to be invested, assembles it himself, checks it together - and packs it. And even the youngest, Mikhail, meets the courier with me, helps to bring the parcels to the courier along the floor, bring the necessary papers. And all this with delight!

Our boys are at home - San went to the garden for a month at most, Nick and Mikh - never. Sasha didn't go to school either. We thought about joining the Bittner school, but due to various circumstances, we never did. And somehow we, the parents, stopped being afraid that our child is an unschooler. Why?

  • Firstly, there is a sense in his studies and activities - he does not just learn to count, he understands why mathematics is needed at all.
  • Secondly, he quickly grasps everything that interests him. Under this sauce, I find hooligan copybooks - and now he displays the letters. Or Zubaku reads - and we laugh together.
  • Thirdly, in his life there is a place for both sports and the School of Excellence and Entrepreneurship - he is busy.
  • Fourthly, at the online olympiads from the wonderful project uchi.ru, he scores no less points than the guys from schools.
  • Fifthly, he has time for games and fun with his brothers and for his favorite Lego constructor.
  • Sixth, working with us instills in him responsibility and discipline. He and his dad discuss the deadlines for the delivery of the order - and it is important for Sanka to plan his activities in order to be in time. Otherwise, there will be no more orders. One day, my son set an alarm for 7 in the morning in order to have time to finish printing envelopes by his father's departure. There was also a marriage in his activities - and he knows the price of this.

We consider it very important to educate men in men. That is why my husband teaches boys from 5 to 14 years old at the School of Excellence and Entrepreneurship. There, the guys take a full course - from the inception of ideas to the production of a product, its packaging and sale. Once a month, the guys go to fairs and sell what they make with their own hands. Work with different materials- wood, ceramics, make toys and mugs. I don’t even know how they will surprise us at the next fair. Sanka goes with his dad to almost all classes, sometimes they take Nikita with them. Once Nikita asked to go with them. And there are boys 10-14 years old. Sasha says: “You will be bored, while we are talking, planning.” But Nikita insisted, sat quietly, listened, did not interfere. And so Sasha argues with the guys: “What do we need to invest in the cost of goods? Materials - yes. And what else?". They are silent, they do not know. And then a voice from the corner - "Work!" Nikita knows ours!

When we lived in the Crimea, the boys had things to do and responsibilities. Nikita fed the dog Mirta twice a day, Sanya walked her and fed the chickens. Now, when we live in an apartment, the boys wash the dishes after themselves every time immediately after eating, Sanka takes out the garbage and buys bread and milk.

And now we see that it is in life itself, in full participation in the affairs of parents, in overcoming difficulties - the best study.

Do you manage to involve children in adult activities? At home or work? What do you think you can think of, if not family business to involve children in adult affairs? And is it necessary? After all, many parents tell their children: “Your task is to study well, and you still have time to work out.” Is this a help or a disservice?

Unschooling is a teaching method that affirms the priority of activities chosen by the child independently, which includes not only the study of academic subjects, but also learning in the game, creativity, Everyday life, travel, communication, etc.

Unschooling is characterized by a refusal to study sequentially school curriculum, while in fact he does not deny either the presence of textbooks, or the help of a mentor, in addition to parents (teacher, coach, master), or visiting group activities. Its only radical difference lies precisely in the fact that at each moment of time it is the child who decides what to do, where, with whom and for how long.

“Say yes to the world!” smiles Olga Skrebeiko, mother of three boys and founder of a home publishing house that calls itself a scanner.

“I have always had and still have a lot of ideas that I want to immediately implement: I managed to be a DJ on the Maximum radio, and the director of a computer club, and the organizer of the Dozor game.”

How to determine that you are a scanner?

“Scanners are tireless explorers. These are people with many interests who cannot stop at one thing.

Barbara Sher writes about it this way: “You are definitely a scanner if you can say this about yourself:

  1. I can't do anything for long.
  2. I know to focus on one thing. But on what?
  3. I quickly lose interest in what I thought would occupy me forever.
  4. I get bored as soon as I start to understand how something is done.
  5. I can't stand doing something twice.
  6. It's hard for me to choose a field professional activity, suddenly I am mistaken with a choice?
  7. I think that everyone comes into this world for something. Everyone has a purpose. Everyone, but not me. I can do something only when I have many different activities at the same time. Every now and then I quit what I started, because I'm afraid to miss something better.

Did you recognize yourself? Often you hear from others: “When will you finally choose one thing and do it properly?

Scolding yourself that you can’t decide, there are so many interesting projects around, and you want everything at once?

Throwing one thing, taking on another, and then again returning to what you didn’t finish?

Do you want to learn how to achieve results with joy, without rigid planning and schedule?

Listen to the podcast.

On the podcast:

  • human scanners (their strengths, differences and types)
  • planning mechanics for irrationals
  • how to achieve goals without the help of SMART (this is also possible!)
  • home education: how to motivate children to study
  • 2 exercises for scanners that determine the depth of interest in projects (how much you are enough in one thing and what prevents you from going further)

About Olga Skrebeiko:

  • coach, book sommelier, person with multiple interests
  • Founder of the Home Publishing House "Skrebeiko"
  • author of the project “I am a scanner!”
  • happy wife and mother of 3 boys

Tired of living on a schedule? Struggling to be productive and the effort is exhausting?

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