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I need you, right by my side!
I think about a month has passed, since I attended the weekend marketing course, for small businesses. I have been inspired and motivated, to get BORN2READ into as many homes, schools and childcare centres as I can, and things are starting to happen. My focus shifted from getting to know every, single thing about marketing, to beginning to apply what little knowledge I did gain, to my business today.
With this change of mindset, I began to learn more quickly and more realistically. That is by doing, I could clearly see the areas that I needed more information or coaching in, and the areas that I could handle confidently, all by myself. If I hadn’t given this a go, I would still be going around in circles.
This latest journey, had me reflecting on how I first taught a class of young children, to read. After years of research and testing at university, I thought I knew everything, and maybe I did, theoretically. But being responsible for 32 children (oh those were the days!), and their first foray into learning to read, it became very apparent, very quickly, that I needed help!
I summed up my options. Go back and study some more, or find someone who actually knew what they were doing, and haunt them until they surrendered their knowledge, and practical advice. I chose to do both.
I enrolled in a Bachelor of Education, and then I hunted down, and unashamedly stalked, the most incredible, and highly experienced early childhood teacher I knew. Her name was Dawn, and she was my lifesaver. Dawn had the runs on the board, she knew how to teach children how to read, and as a true professional, she was happy to teach me, how to teach children to read successfully.
Dawn would come into my classroom once a week. I was in heaven! The opportunity to see an expert doing what they do best, was amazing. Dawn not only taught the children, she taught me. Dawn challenged me to have the confidence to ‘have a go’ at implementing some of her strategies, whilst she observed me – no pressure!!
I learnt the most amazing things about teaching children to read. Most importantly, I learnt that to teach children to read, you have to get children to read, to engage them in the process. Dawn was an expert, and no doubt, still is. She was with me, right by my side.
And now, some 28 years later, I want to do that for you, parents and teachers, who are embarking on teaching young children to read. I want to be right by your side, giving you the essential ingredients you need to teach your child to read – the BORN2READ readers, and my experience, built from the many years that I have worked with the other experts, and from the children I have taught to read. You see, it is not a journey on your own, you need someone, right by your side.
So what are you waiting for? Join us at BORN2READ today!
Cheers!