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"More
parents raved to me about your workshop
than any workshop we have had. It was really inspirational."
--Lydia Spinelli, Director,
The Brick Church School, NYC
"The school was buzzing with enthusiasm for your presentation which balanced the reality of parenting with practical tips every parent felt they could manage at home. Your message was clear, simple and encouraging."
--Nancy Schulman, Director,
92nd Street Y Nursery School, NYC
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Thousands of parents have entered Nancy's lecture room feeling anxious and confused about the subject of reading and have left one hour later bubbling
over with excitement about using her simple method for helping all children--precocious readers and those with
reading difficulties--become skilled, enthusiastic readers.
Drawing upon up-to-date scientific research and her own experience as a teacher and mother, Nancy explain why it is easier than most people believe to raise readers--and gives a hands-on demonstration of specific activities that even the busiest parents and teachers can use in daily life with infants, toddlers and school-aged children.
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As an English teacher, author, mother of children with reading difficulties, parenting lecturer, and founder and director of Common Sense Parent, Nancy Newman has dealt with reading and learning issues from many different perspectives for more than forty years.
While teaching remedial English in junior and
senior high schools in the Bronx, and remedial writing at the College of Staten
Island, Nancy witnessed the destructive--sometimes tragic--impact of early reading problems on people's lives. Determined
to help her struggling students succeed in school, she developed an effective
classroom approach that bolstered their weak language skills, repaired their mangled self-esteem and whetted their appetite for learning.
When she became a mother, she used this same approach to help her three sons--two of whom are dyslexic--become voratious readers and dazzling students. Since l995, she has given workshops to parents and educators in schools, libraries and community centers in the New York metropolitan area. Her novel, Disturbing The Peace, which is about an adoptee's search for her biological mother, was published by HarperCollins in 2002. To learn more about
this novel, see www.disturbingthepeace.ws
Disturbing
The Peace
Avon/HarperCollins paperback
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"Thank you for a
wonderful evening filled with humor, insight and 'down-to-earth'
advice. It was inspirational and encouraging to hear your
advice on how to make reading and learning fun
without the urgency of a hurried performance. Thank you for an extraordinary
presentation."
--Rosemary C. Milliman, Lower School Principal, Trinity School,
NYC
"Your presentation was filled with wonderfully creative ideas that
can be implemented stress
free! Parents, primary school teachers, college professors, and
learning specialists all walked away with valuable information."
--Linda Selvin, Former Director, New York Branch of the International
Dyslexia Association
"You captured the teachers' attention and provided them with valuable
information as well as ideas to share with parents. One teacher enthusiastically informed me the next
day that she had already employed your suggestions with her class
and was thrilled with the effect on students."
--Kevie P. Michael, Director of The Lower School, The Birch
Wathen Lenox School, NYC
"Those who attended were unanimous in their praise and felt that
your presentation was very informative and useful. Many have tried
out your suggestions and found that they really do work!"
--Beth Tashlik, Head of Lower School, The Collegiate School,
NYC
"The many concrete tips you shared were infused with a unique sense
of fun and will benefit the children of all those in attendance
for many years to come."
--Lorrie Brady, President, The Rockville Centre Parent Resource
Center, Long Island, New York
"I can't begin to tell you what an inspiration you were to parents and teachers at the Sherman School. Your presentation
was excellent and parents left feeling very positive."
--Margaret Beutler, President, Sherman Parents and Teachers Organization,
Sherman, Connecticut
"The parenting secrets you arrived at through your experiences as
a parent and educator are very compelling."
--Valerie Kennedy, Education Director, The International Preschools,
NYC
"Thank you for the enlightened, thoughtful and truly
inspirational presentation. The specific suggestions and techniques
you provided will encourage joy in reading. I continue to learn
from you each time we talk."
--Linda Lee Urmacher, Assistant Director for Administration,
The Dalton School, NYC |
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