Teaching Kids to Read For Dummies
by Tracey Wood, MEd
Teaching Kids to Read For Dummies
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About the Author
Tracey Wood was born in England. She went to teachers college in Leeds and graduated with an honors degree in Psychology and Education. She taught in a special school for four years and loved it. But sunnier climes called, and she left England for a backpacking vacation in Australia. Twelve years later, she was still enjoying the warmth of Australia and had traded her backpack for a husband and two kids.
In Australia, Tracey earned a Diploma in Special Education and a Masters degree in Education. For several years, she ran a high school special education unit and then started her own reading clinic. In the 1990s, Tracey moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. She ran a reading clinic; helped in her kids school; led two scouting troops; instructed for the Red Cross; created her Web site, ReadingPains.com ; and wrote her first book, See Johnny Read!
Still on the move (with her husbands job), Tracey recently left the USA for Toronto. She wrote much of this book on the long drive. She is grateful to her kids for giving her a notepad and for filling her in on the parts of Harry Potter she missed hearing on CD while she was busy scribbling.
Dedication
Two weeks before the birth of my first child, a friend came to my classroom to wish me luck. Not long now, he said. Everythings going to change for you soon. When the baby comes, youll really know whats what. Its been over ten years since then, and now I have two middle-sized children. They give me endless material to write about; make me happy and sad and other things between; and break, lose, or eat many of my belongings. This book is dedicated to them. What my friend said all those years ago was true. Because of you, my incredible kids, my greatest joy, I think I have a better grasp of whats what.
I am under strict instructions not to mention my husband. So Ill have to be quick: Agent X, you read nearly all of my words, even when you were really sick of them; fixed my e-mail blunders; and helped me overcome my fear of the new printer (that does 63 more things than the old on or off one did). All the love and heartfelt appreciation I could write, please take a truck full of it, as said.
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