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SECRET STORIES

“Sometimes something comes along that just changes everything…”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking used to create them in the first place."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Albert Einstein

 

The Secret Stories

"If the facts don't match the theory, change the facts!"    

Albert Einstein

 IT IS A ‘FACT’ THAT THERE IS NO ‘INHERENT' MEANING IN ‘PHONEMIC LETTER-PATTERNS AND THE SOUNDS THEY MAKE,’ AND IT IS ALSO A ‘FACT’ THAT WITH NO MEANINGFUL EXPLANATIONS AS TO 'WHY LETTERS AND SOUNDS ACTUALLY DO WHAT THEY DO,'  READING REMAINS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE FOR MANY LEARNERS, AS WELL AS TEACHERS...

BUT, BY FOLLOWING ‘EINSTEIN’S LOGIC,’ THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM BECOMES CLEAR!!

WE SIMPLY CHANGE THE FACTS!’ AND So……“POOF!!”(IT'S DONE!)

Now there are perfectly-logical explanations as to 'WHY' letters and letter-patterns

in our language 'make the sounds that they do!'

It’s because They’re ‘in-love’ like ‘au/aw’………or ‘sneaky’ like ‘y’……..

or maybe they are just ‘really-bad-drivers’ like ‘er/ir/ur’……

BUT WHATEVER THEY ARE, 'THEY DO WHAT THEY DO FOR A REASON!'

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WOW!!!!!

Now that the FACTS HAVE CHANGED

reading is so SIMPLE!

 NO MORE “It just IS,  It just DOES, You just have to REMEMBER!"

It's so much easier to just tell them WHY!’

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"Watch what these Kindergartners can do with the 'SECRETS,' and then imagine what the rest of the elementary grade levels could do with them!"
 
 
                                                            

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“You can't think 'OUTSIDE THE BOX,' until you first understand what's 'IN  IT!

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Katie Garner earned her undergraduate degree from The Juilliard School in Voice and Language Studies, and a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education/ Reading.    She is a nationally-recognized  speaker, author, and reading-consultant, best-known for incorporating ‘up-to-date’ and cutting-edge research models on Learning and Instruction into district, state and national Standards and Curriculum.

 

Katie’s unique and educational background, combined with almost twenty years of teaching experience, is the perfect catalyst  for her ‘thinking outside the box’ approach to critical reading-skill acquisition.

 

Her  Institute  presentations at the annual Learning and the Brain Conference, sponsored through joint-cooperation of  the Harvard, Yale,  and Cornell University Graduate Departments of Education   and  Neuroscience,  provide the  ideal  forum for Katie’s innovative, yet,  'practical'  classroom-applications  and strategies,  derived from  latest neuro-scientific research on ‘Learning and the Brain.’

 

Having gained national-recognition for her work with both the ‘No Child Left Behind’  and the Reading First Initiatives, Katie continues to work with school districts throughout the country, aligning traditional Reading Curriculum and  Instruction,  with scientifically-based research models, targeting just ‘how  our brains learn best!’

 

The 'SECRET STORIES' provide a 'supportive' foundational-base to any existing reading series, language curriculum, or phonics practice series  by underscoring critical phonemic-skills through the simple act of sharing 'secrets'  with learners.....'Secrets'  based upon “how our brains actually learn best!”

 

 

Contact/ Workshop Information

District and/or school-site workshops may be scheduled at a cost of $1500.00 per training day plus travel fee (based upon location)  Multiple schools/ districts may choose to combine staff to defray costs.

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