My work – whether it’s in the form of presentations, consulting, curriculum design, books, articles, or radio interviews – is primarily dedicated to the understanding, now confirmed through brain research, that the mind and body are connected and interdependent — that children do not exist only from the neck up!
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Since 1980 parent, education, and professional groups throughout North America have enjoyed Rae’s lively and informative presentations.
Here you’ll find a selection of articles I’ve written about education. To learn more simply click below for all titles.
Reading and writing involve more than letter recognition and decoding, word comprehension, and the fine motor skills needed to use a pencil. Reading and writing occur from top to bottom and from left to right. And letters are made up of straight and curvy lines that must be read and written in a certain direction to be understood. So spatial awareness and directionality must be a significant part of the young child’s experience…because that will translate onto the page!
I got quite the shock recently – and, for a change, it wasn’t an unpleasant…
One of my least favorite sentences in the entire universe is some version of “It’s…
I’m not a fan of fear tactics. In fact, I often can be heard railing…
Yesterday afternoon I had the unique experience of being interviewed by a middle school student.…
