Mom Blogs & Reading

One of the things I've learned alot about in the past few months is blogs - and more specifically mom blogs. It just seems to be the thing to do now! There are blogs about just about everything!!!

My favourite blog, and the one I've found really fun to read is The Mom Crowd. It was created by four women who are moms and moms-to-be who value each other’s experiences and decided to share this with the world. What a great idea!

One of the women from The Mom Crowd, McKenna Powell, has a beautiful little girl with Down syndrome. She has started using eReadingPro and has written about it in her blog. She is so excited because her 3-year old is reading! McKenna said: "The best part of this program is it has improved her speech! When she sees the flashcard with the word on it, she is articulating so much better than she did before. Her little voice is just way too cute when she says “pancake.” I am seeing results MUCH FASTER than with the other program we were doing. It requires much less energy and time on my part as well, and Darah seems to engage very well to this program."

You know, people are so amazed when their children begin to read. It is such a magical time! A whole new world has opened up to them! Keep in mind that your child CAN read - it's just a matter of figuring out how to teach them in a way that works best for them. MOST children are visual learners and need to be taught in a visual manner - (reinforced by both auditory and tactile techniques). Check out Reading and the Visual Learner and 5 Reasons Why Your Child May Be Struggling with Reading for more clarification on this.

This is why I do what I do!

I received the following email and photo from a Mom who was so excited about her purchase of eBook1 and eReadingPro:

"I sped-read through each topic in the index (of the eBook) and wish I had known about this for Joey years ago. I found out about it when I went to a playdate with a child who has Down's Syndrome and will be in Joey's K class. Her mom has been using Out of the Box (eReadingPro) since she was 6 mos. old. Her typical 21mos. old son was reading when his big sis was playing the word game. I was floored!" ~Audrey, MA~

Receiving emails and photos like this, and knowing how much eReadingPro can help children like Joey is why I do what I do! If you and your child are using eReadingPro or Out of the Box Reading and wish to share your success, please feel free to send me comments and photos as I would love to share them with our readers!

New eRP Affiliates

eReadingPro already has new 'group' Affiliates!

The Down Syndrome Guild of Greater Kansas City (KCDSG) and Amy Allison are the first Down syndrome parent support group to sign up as eReadingPro Affiliates. As a group affiliate, they will raise funds each time someone purchases an eReadingPro product through the link on their website! They are really excited about this opportunity to raise extra funding for the parents in their group.

The Conway Civitan Club has also signed up as affiliates, and will be hosting the first Train the Trainer workshop for all those Civitan members who wish to learn not only how to get more children reading, but how to present and host their own eReadingPro workshop! The Train the Trainer workshop will be held at the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center on Saturday, September 13th from 1:00pm to 3:30pm. Many thanks to Rachel Rayl for all of her hard work and vision!

Florida Down Syndrome Conference 2008

Wow, another great conference! You know, as a Canadian, we always expect Florida to have such amazing weather. However it seems that I take my Canadian weather with me wherever I go, lol. It was raining and thunderstorming almost the entire time I was there! Nevertheless, I was happy to see friends that I had met at the NDSC Convention in Boston last month - Heather, Chad and Michele from Bradenton, FL, friends from prior workshops - Susan Corse Adams of Jacksonville, Sue Davis-Killan of Boca Raton and of course Amy Van Bergen of Orlando. Karen Feduccia and Kelly Brewer, also from Bradenton's Manasota BUDS parent support group, shared fun stories with me as we chatted for hours. Thank you girls!

I presented three separate workshops at the conference, and each were well-attended by both parents and educators.

Amy Van Bergen, Executive Director of the Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida, truly did an amazing job organizing this conference and everyone I talked to said they had thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

eReadingPro Affiliate Program NOW Launched!

I am so excited about our new eRPAffiliate Program! Kirk (my other half) has done such an amazing job at getting this up and running quickly while I've been preparing for the Florida Down Syndrome Conference in Orlando this weekend. So, all you believers in eReadingPro and Out of the Box Reading can now earn money for yourself, your club or association by telling others about our amazing reading program! You can join us here. Come aboard and help get those struggling readers to read with ease!!

Printing

Hey everyone! I just thought I'd put this out to the Universe to see what happens...
We are trying very hard to bring the cost of our reading kits at eReadingPro down by lowering our printing costs. If anyone knows of a great printer, and you can show them our kit, please let us know! Afterall, it is by networking, and helping each other that helps to make great things happen :-).

Thank you!
Denise