Parents Are a Child’s First Teachers. They are a Child’s Most Important Teachers.

The Learning Curve August 01, 2011

Roger and Virginia interview Michelle Vallene who reveals how to best be your child’s most important teacher.

Michelle Vallene is a qualified school teacher and the co-founder of Learners Lane which offers enrichment programs for children ages 4-12 and can be found at http://www.learnerslane.com.

Michelle is the author of the book: What Children Need to Learn to Read, which book was written because when her children were young she could not find easy-to-use resources to help her kids build early literacy skills and prepare them for school. Her three children are teenagers now, and the project to help them on the road to literacy has blossomed into theLearners Lane enterprise with her book becoming a finalist in the Foreword’s 2010 Book of the Year Awards. An avid proponent of early child literacy skills, Michelle is on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Early Learning, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help “children be socially, emotionally, and intellectually prepared to succeed in school.”

In this interview Michelle discusses such vital issues as the need for parent involvement in a child’s educational progress, the fact that parents are a child’s first and best teachers, and observations on the various learning styles of children.

 

Click here to listen August 1, 2011

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How Can You Best Help Your Kids Get Good Grades? How Can You Ensure You Win at Learning in Life?

The Learning Curve July 25, 2011

Roger and Virginia discuss how Virginia uses the secrets of the Seven Barriers to Comprehension when tutoring adult learners in her evening classes at Literacy Partners in New York.  http://www.literacypartners.org

Hear how Virginia discovered the secret to her own learning style and also overcame the learning problems she had as a child in school.  She found that it wasn’t her fault — it was the fault of the teaching style and practice that actually prevented her from “getting it.”

Is your child being impeded by the teacher?  Is your child being falsely labeled “slow,” “inattentive” or even “learning disabled” when in fact it is the teacher or educational practices that are to blame?

This is a must hear show for parents who truly care about their children winning at school and in life.

After all, all of life is a learning curve!

 

Click to listen July 25, 2011

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Home School Enrichment—A Reason Why Home Schooled Kids Score Thirty-Five Percent Higher Than the National Average

The Learning Curve July 18, 2011

Today’s guest on The Learning Curve is Jonathan Lewis, Editor-in-Chief of Home School Enrichment MagazineHome School Enrichment Magazine is a bi-monthly print magazine, but also on-line at: http://www.homeschoolenrichment.com/

This is a must hear show for parents who want good grades for their kids.

There are now more than two-million children being home-schooled in theUS, with numbers fast increasing each year.  Jonathan reveals that home-schooled kids on average score 35% higher than the national average on standardized achievement tests!  He also reveals that the US is spending $10,500 a year for each enrolled student in regular schools, but the average cost of home-school education is $500 per child . . . and what a difference in result!

Learn the reasons why parents opt for home schooling.  Learn how easy it is, how to go about setting up your home school endeavor; what resources, help, free advice and services are available for potential home-schoolers.

Hear how parental involvement, even for non-home-schooled kids, is an important key to good grades.

 

Click her to listen July 18, 2011

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What Are the Higher Level Abilities of Children (and Adults) Who Are “Right Brain Learners” but Labeled Dyslexic? What Indicators Can Parents Use to Recognize This in Their Children? How Can They Benefit From This Condition Our Guests Reveal Thirty Three Percent of us Have.

The Learning Curve July 4, 2011

Roger & Virginia interview Mira and Mark Halpert of 3DLearner.com. Mira is a practicing school teacher who has been featured on CBS showing her revolutionary answers to the “learning disabilities” experienced by those labeled as being “dyslexic.” What people see as a disability Mira sees as a learning difference, and she proves it with her success handling students as revealed by the CBS program.  See http://www.3dlearner.com/parents

What we reveal in this show are the extraordinary abilities and true potential these children (and adults) have along with how to best harness and take advantage of what conventional wisdom mislabels as “disability.” We also discuss how these children excel in later life and in business when they are away from the stifling structure of the conventional school system.

These folks (children and adults) are holographic in their thought processes, and learning style, which mode of action actually gives them huge advantages in real life. Listeners will be able to benefit not only from getting a correct understanding of these phenomena, but learn how a correct address to them both in the learning process and in life can yield superior results.

Listeners will learn the symptoms by which they can correctly recognize this phenomenon in their children (or themselves). This is part two of our show with Mira and Mark Halpert of  3DLearner.com.

 

Click here to Listen July 04, 2011

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Dyslexia is Not Correctly Understood — It is Not Really a Disability but May Well Be the Expression of a Higher Level Ability.

The Learning Curve June 27, 2011

Roger & Virginia interview Mira and Mark Halpert of 3DLearner.com.  Mira is a practicing school teacher who has been featured on CBS showing her revolutionary answers to the “learning disabilities” experienced by those labeled as being “dyslexic.”  What we reveal in this show are the extraordinary abilities and true potential these children (and adults) have along with how to best harness and take advantage of what conventional wisdom sees as a “disability.”  Mark and Mira reveal a statistic of thirty-three percent of students are being labeled as “disabled” for having what they refer to as being “right brain learners.”  In actuality, these folks are holographic in their thought processes, and learning style, which mode of action actually gives them huge advantages in real life.  Listeners will be able to benefit from hearing how a correct understanding of these phenomena along with a correct address to them both in the learning process and in life can yield superior results.  This is part one of a two part show with Mira and Mark Halpert of 3DLearner.com.

 

Click here to listen June 27, 2011

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Roger & Virginia Talk with Dr. Richard Gordon About Teacher Evaluation and Why Our Kids are Getting a Raw Deal at School

The Learning Curve June 20, 2011

Roger & Virginia Talk with Dr. Richard Gordon About Teacher Evaluation and Why Our Kids are Getting a Raw Deal at School

Dr. Gordon is an educator who has done it all.  Here is Dr. Gordon at his outspoken best, blowing the whistle on the fallacies inherent in the current system of “teacher evaluation” and on the system that gives us the current scenario of school administration.  Dr. Gordon is the author of the no-holds-barred book: The Emperor has No Clothes: The Crisis in American Inner City Schools. (Available through Amazon.Com).  Dr. Gordon holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration, and has consulted for many school districts inMass., NJ, and NY; and has been principal evaluator of millions of dollars ofNew York CityPublic School programs. He was a professor at City Univ. of NYC and Clark University in Mass. Most important, he has had some 40 years in public education, most of which was in inner city schools, including E. Orange (NJ), Dallas (Tx) andShreveport (La). Additionally, he was an assistant principal in an inner city school for 2 years (Orange,NJ). Thus, he knows of what he speaks based on first-hand experience.

Click here to listen June 20, 2011

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Roger & Virginia Talk with Jenna Martinez, Adult Basic Education Center Coordinator for Literacy Partners, Inc.

The Learning Curve June 13, 2011

Roger & Virginia Talk with Jenna Martinez, Adult Basic Education Center Coordinator for Literacy Partners, Inc.

Listen to Jenna describe how she helps adult students overcome their past study failure and win at learning.  Jenna is the Adult Basic Education Center Coordinator for Literacy Partners, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides free literacy classes for New Yorkers.  Here she oversees more than a hundred current students and forty volunteer tutors who teach the classes, serving adults with grades 1-5 reading and math skills. Jenna has vast experience dealing with students tackling grades 1-5.  Before coming to Literacy Partners, she was the Adult Education Coordinator for Foundation Communities where she wrote and delivered adult English Second Language and Financial Literacy programs for the English and Spanish speaking residents.  Prior to that Jenna taught children and young adults both in school and in free after-school programs inSouth Texas.

Click here to Listen June 13, 2011

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Dr. Robyn Odegaard Reveals the Nine Secrets to Great Teamwork

The Learning Curve June 6, 2011

Dr. Robyn Odegaard Reveals the Nine Secrets to Great Teamwork

Roger and Virginia interview Dr. Robyn Odegaard PhD., on issues concerning the keys to great teamwork and harmonious relationships in families, sports teams and the corporate workplace. “Doc Robyn” reveals the Nine Secrets to Great Teamwork. Doc Robyn is President of Champion Performance Development (http://www.ChampPerformance.com), Founder of the Stop the Drama! Campaign (http://on.fb.me/hYwJ4e) and author of the book Stop the Drama! The Ultimate Guide to Female Teams. Her doctoral degree is in psychology of organizations with a concentration in sport and performance. Following a successful career of applying her principles in corporateAmerica, she has taken her leadership, teamwork, communication and conflict handling strategies and created a framework for young women, coaches and parents that enable them to put an end to misalignment and disharmony in relationships that too often afflict their endeavors. Doc Robyn is a frequent speaker and coach to Athletic Trainers, Networking Groups, countless college student bodies; and even theNCAAWomenCoachesAcademy. This is a must hear interview for parents who see a need for improved relationships and the setting and achieving of higher standards of performance with their student children. This is Part 2 of the two part interview with Dr. Robyn Odegaard PhD. Here you’ll learn the secrets that earned Doc Robyn accolades such as these from her clients: “Doc Robyn made a big impact on our team! I don’t know where we’d be without her.” And, “Doc Robyn helped our team become whole again. I am eternally grateful for what she did.”

Click her to listen June 6, 2011

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Dr. Robyn Odegaard Reveals the 7 No-Fail Secrets to Stop the Drama!

The Learning Curve May 30, 2011

Dr. Robyn Odegaard Reveals the 7 No-Fail Secrets to Stop the Drama!

Roger and Virginia interview Dr. Robyn Odegaard PhD., on issues concerning the drama of upset relationships and disharmony in families, sports teams and the corporate workplace. “Doc Robyn” reveals the 7 No-Fail Secrets to Stop the Drama.  Doc Robyn is President of Champion Performance Development (http://www.ChampPerformance.com), Founder of the Stop the Drama! Campaign (http://on.fb.me/hYwJ4e) and author of the soon to be available book Stop the Drama! The Ultimate Guide to Female Teams. Her doctoral degree is in psychology of organizations with a concentration in sport and performance. Following a successful career of applying her principles in corporate America, she has taken her leadership, teamwork, communication and conflict handling strategies and created a framework for young women, coaches and parents that enable them to put an end to the drama of relationship disharmony that too often afflict their endeavors.  Doc Robyn is a frequent speaker and coach to Athletic Trainers, Networking Groups, countless college student bodies; and even theNCAAWomenCoachesAcademy. This is a must hear interview for parents who see a need for improved relationships with their student children. It will also help them help their children to better grades. This is Part 1 of a two part interview with Dr. Robyn Odegaard PhD. Here you’ll learn the secrets that earned Doc Robyn accolades such as these from her clients: “Doc Robyn made a big impact on our team! I don’t know where we’d be without her.” And, “Doc Robyn helped our team become whole again. I am eternally grateful for what she did.”

Click here to listen May 30, 2011

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What Children Need to Learn to Read

The Learning Curve May 23 2011

Michelle Vallene is the author of What Children Need to Learn to Read

This is a very inspiring story of what a dedicated, loving parent can accomplish, both for herself and her child.  Michelle’s daughter who is now 19 years old was the inspiration for her to start her endeavor, develop her classes, and write her book. Her daughter was very low in reading in 2nd grade so Michelle developed the reading classes and within 6 months her daughter went up 2 grade levels in reading. Her daughter is now a freshman in college working toward an English degree with an emphasis on creative writing.

Click her to listen  May 23, 2011

Her book What Children Need to Learn to Read is available on Amazon  http://www.amazon.com/What-Children-Need-Learn-READ/dp/0982285604/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273011810&sr=1-1

Michelle has a website http://www.LearnersLane.com

Check out her Learners Lane YouTube channelhttp://www.youtube.com/user/LearnersLane

Become a fan of Learners Lane on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Learners-Lane/116020068425096?ref=sgm

Follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LearnersLane

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