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You’ll be surprised how easy it is to tutor your own child and thereby ensure their academic success.

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Today’s guest, Marina Ruben, is the author of How to Tutor Your Own Child: Boost Grades and Inspire a Lifelong Love of Learning—Without Paying a Professional Tutor.

Hear Marina describe the fun to be had by both parent and child in this activity, the easy successes to be had with it and the simplicity of the techniques that can be used.

More at her website: www.marinaruben.com

Marina answers many questions parents have on the issues of:

How can they best tutor their own child, if at all?

How easy or difficult is it?

What are the pitfalls if any?

What do I need to know to be able to do it?

How can I motivate my child?

What are the best methods to employ . . . and much more.

Roger and Virginia at The Learning Curve www.howtolearneasily.com

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Today’s show reveals the true, horror story of what too many children go through in our educational system when they are mislabeled, misdiagnosed and wrongfully medicated — this, all in the misguided effort to handle children who are “different.”

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Melissa Binstock is now a 22 year-old college student and author of the book, Nourishment: Feeding my Starving Soul When My Mind and Body Betrayed Me.

Visit her website: www.nourishmentthebook.com

By the time Melissa was 11 years old, she had already been diagnosed with 6 disorders, taken 14 different medications, and seen 10 doctors. Some of Melissa’s disorders include Tourette’s syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, dyslexia, ADHD, anorexia nervosa, and generalized anxiety disorder.

Melissa has been honored for being an advocate for people with mental health concerns by the Tourette’s Syndrome Foundation and Mental Health America, and she has also lectured at Texas Women’s Univeristy and written articles for the National Anxiety Disorder Association and the OCD Foundation about the psychosocial issues children with psychological and neurological disorders face.

As Melissa herself says:

“I am a 22 year old psychology student who recently had a memoir published by Health Conmunications Inc. My memoir recounts my struggle and ultimate success in learning to cope with psychological and neurological disorders, including a learning disorder in reading, Tourette’s syndrome, ADHD, and a learning disorder in working memory. Although I am not yet an expert in the professional sense of the term (i.e. I am still in school), I believe my experience has made me an expert in the sense that I’ve learned to cope with my disorders. Despite my learning differences, I have a 4.0 GPA, have written a book, and, best of all, I am now getting to help others.”

Her book has been declared a “must read” and endorsed by several prominent professionals such as Joseph Janovic, M.D., Professor of Neurology and Director of the Movement Disorders Clinic at Baylor College of Medicine and Ira M. Sacker, M.D., Eating Disorders Specialist and author of Regaining Yourself and Dying to Be Thin.

Please be sure to tune in so you can ensure these horrors do not befall your child.

Roger & Virginia at The Learning Curve www.howtolearneasily.com

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Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children at www.tools4preschool.org This is part 2 of our interview with Murray.

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Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as 3 years-old! His “wards” are routinely doing it at age 4! What a remarkable story this is.

The Mission Statement of Murray’s registered Section 501c(3) non-profit, Tools of Learning for Children organization is:

“The Founders of this Nation envisioned a country populated and governed by literate, patriotic people. To fulfill their vision, Tools of Learning for Children commits to this mission.

“We will raise funds and provide materials for two purposes: to facilitate children being able to read — the foundation of all learning — and to help them understand that they are blessed to be citizens of the United States of America.”

This is important because:

The 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress (published October 21, 2008) showed the following achievement levels for Californian public schools:

4th Grade reading — only 18% were proficient and 30% reading at a basic level. 47% are reading below the basic level.

8th Grade reading — only 20% were proficient and 41% reading at a basic level. 38% are reading below the basic level.

What a disaster!

Compare this example of what Murray’s organization is accomplishing with 3 and 4 year-olds at a cost of around $15 per child.

A letter from Judy Ingersoll, Vacaville Christian Schools, Vacaville, CA dated June 18, 2008.

“Murray,

“Out of 102 report cards for Early Kindergarten students (children who have not yet entered kindergarten)

102 children (all of them) know all of their phonics sounds

92 children can easily blend consonants and vowels

87 children can read one vowel words

56 can read two vowel words*

“* We have not stressed two vowel words in the past as our kindergarten teachers have asked us to focus on phonics and blending, but with front line phonics the children are more prepared to read so we have tested the children this year to see how they are doing.

“Please remember we still have 4 year-olds in EK, and some of these children started school very late in the year, even during the last couple of months so they did not have a full year with Front Line Phonics. Still, the fact that 100% of the children know their phonics sounds and 90% are blending consonants and vowels the first week of June tells us by the end of summer these children will be even more prepared than they are now.

“Thank you for all you do for VCS.

“Judy Ingersoll”

You can reach Murray at (707) 427-0744 or by email at [email protected].

Gove him a hand . . . he could also use an extra dollar or two.

Roger and Virginia www.howtolearneasily.com



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Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children at www.tools4preschool.org

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Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as 3 years-old! His “wards” are routinely doing it at age 4! What a remarkable story this is.

The Mission Statement of Murray’s Tools of Learning for Children organization is:

“The Founders of this Nation envisioned a country populated and governed by literate, patriotic people. To fulfill their vision, Tools of Learning for Children commits to this mission.

“We will raise funds and provide materials for two purposes: to facilitate children being able to read — the foundation of all learning — and to help them understand that they are blessed to be citizens of the United States of America.”

This is important because:

The 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress (published October 21, 2008) showed the following achievement levels for Californian public schools:

4th Grade reading — only 18% were proficient and 30% reading at a basic level.

8th Grade reading — only 20% were proficient and 41% reading at a basic level.

What a disaster!

Compare this example of what Murray’s organization is accomplishing with 3 and 4 year-olds at a cost of around $15 per child.

A letter from Judy Ingersoll, Vacaville Christian Schools, Vacaville, CA dated June 18, 2008.

“Murray,

“Out of 102 report cards for Early Kindergarten students (children who have not yet entered kindergarten)

102 children (all of them) know all of their phonics sounds

92 children can easily blend consonants and vowels

87 children can read one vowel words

56 can read two vowel words*

“* We have not stressed two vowel words in the past as our kindergarten teachers have asked us to focus on phonics and blending, but with front line phonics the children are more prepared to read so we have tested the children this year to see how they are doing.

“Please remember we still have 4 year-olds in EK, and some of these children started school very late in the year, even during the last couple of months so they did not have a full year with Front Line Phonics. Still, the fact that 100% of the children know their phonics sounds and 90% are blending consonants and vowels the first week of June tells us by the end of summer these children will be even more prepared than they are now.

“Thank you for all you do for VCS.

“Judy Ingersoll”

Roger and Virginia http://www.tools4preschool.org

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Access for Knowledge Learning — Empowering the Child

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This week’s The Learning Curve is Part Two of our interview with Dean Larson, Director of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers. www.accessforlearning.org

The mission of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers is to: Empower kids to know that they know by providing an environment that promotes both academic excellence and personal growth for students of all ages.

This week’s Learning Curve gives you the principles and techniques you can learn and apply to benefit your child. It is a treasure trove of points you can apply with your child, here is an example:

How to focus on the ability and the positive.

Kids are changing today and old tools aren’t working well.

Kids are becoming more aware; often more aware than most of the adults around them. Without their (prior) knowledge or consent, because of and through their awareness, they feel the feelings and think the thoughts of others. In these conditions, being forced to pay attentions can create discomfort. If the teacher is not aware of this situation, the kids become more and more bewildering to the teacher. Both the teacher and the student start to see themselves as a “wrongness.”

So, what if this awareness is a gift? Or a talent? What if it is just what the world needs? What if it won’t fit in a box? Many of the diagnoses that kids bring with them to school are simply manifestations of this. There is a kind of an ugly duckling flavor here.

We have found that ADD, ADHD, Autism, OCD, have awareness components to them. You may notice that many autistic kids have very sensitive hearing, skin, sense of smell—these are all involved with expanded awareness. What if, while being in allowance of the child, we taught him or her to understand their awareness and deal with it positively? That sensitivity then becomes a talent.

As Dean Larson says:

“To me, there is an imperative here, to keep spreading the word; to teach people that learning can be done with ease and joy. There are no “throw-away” kids, nor are the irredeemable kids. There are just kids.”

Get answers to the following:

How to create new possibilities for your child.

Using Access for Knowledge tools to eliminate negative thoughts and attitudes towards learning.

A study shows kids only get 2 minutes of true one on one, direct contact with a teacher each week — what to do

What is Access for Knowledge?

How are Access for Knowledge Learning Centers different from others?

Access for Knowledge seminars and teleclasses

How are the Access Tools used with kids?

What about really troubled kids, like those with ADD, ADHD and so on?

Education—removing the fixed points of view that affect learning

Schools—methods for working with your school

Teachers—how to enlist the teacher to be your partner in learning

Parents—exploring fixed points of view about education, past and present

Students—testing for and seeing the rightness of children, catching them doing it right

Learning—“Now that I know that I know, what do I do with it?”

Homework—ways to have it work easily and joyously, even if you don’t know the material

Kids with labels and diagnoses—ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism, OCD and more…

Gifted kids—special situations for special kids—the hidden gifted child

Questions for Roger & Virginia — [email protected]

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This week’s guest on The Learning Curve is Dean Larson, Director of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers. www.accessforlearning.org

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The mission of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers is to: Empower kids to know that they know by providing an environment that promotes both academic excellence and personal growth for students of all ages.

Is this something you want for your child? If so, listen to the principles and techniques you can learn and apply to benefit your child.

This week’s Learning Curve is a treasure trove of points you can apply with your child, here is an example:

Kids are becoming more aware; often more aware than most of the adults around them. Without their (prior) knowledge or consent, because of and through their awareness, they feel the feelings and think the thoughts of others. In these conditions, being forced to pay attentions can create discomfort. If the teacher is not aware of this situation, the kids become more and more bewildering to the teacher. Both the teacher and the student start to see themselves as a “wrongness.”

So, what if this awareness is a gift? Or a talent? What if it is just what the world needs? What if it won’t fit in a box? Many of the diagnoses that kids bring with them to school are simply manifestations of this. There is a kind of an ugly duckling flavor here.

We have found that ADD, ADHD, Autism, OCD, have awareness components to them. You may notice that many autistic kids have very sensitive hearing, skin, sense of smell—these are all involved with expanded awareness. What if, while being in allowance of the child, we taught him or her to understand their awareness and deal with it positively? That sensitivity then becomes a talent.

As Dean Larson says:

“To me, there is an imperative here, to keep spreading the word; to teach people that learning can be done with ease and joy. There are no “throw-away” kids, nor are the irredeemable kids. There are just kids.”

Get answers to the following:

What is Access for Knowledge

How are Access for Knowledge Learning Centers different from others?

Access for Knowledge seminars and teleclasses

How are the Access Tools used with kids?

What about really troubled kids, like those with ADD, ADHD and so on?

Education—removing the fixed points of view that affect learning

Schools—methods for working with your school

Teachers—how to enlist the teacher to be your partner in learning

Parents—exploring fixed points of view about education, past and present

Students—testing for and seeing the rightness of children, catching them doing it right

Learning—“Now that I know that I know, what do I do with it?”

Homework—ways to have it work easily and joyously, even if you don’t know the material

Kids with labels and diagnoses—ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism, OCD and more…

Gifted kids—special situations for special kids—the hidden gifted child

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This is Part 2 of Roger & Virginia interviewing Terry Neven, the Administrator of the Sundland Home School Program. Terry founded Sundland in 1981. In 2008, Terry, Sundland and their attorneys won the case before the California Supreme Court that established as law the right of caring parents to home school their children. This win established the precedent that affected home-schooling rights for all Americans.

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Terry runs the “Home School Program” at www.home-schooling.org which we recommend listeners go to to feast on the available resources provided. It is one of the very best sites we’ve found to help parents help their kids get good grades. Coaching is available, as are curricula accreditations.

See the High School Manual here: http://www.home-schooling.org/High_School_Manual/high_school_manual.html

In this interview key issues are addressed, such as:

To home school or not — all questions are answered.

How to begin your home schooling endeavor.

How home schooling recovers and enhances your best relationships with your child.

Only 52 minutes in a six hour school day are spent actually learning in a conventional school.

Learn about the superior scholastic achievement of home schooled children.

Is the public school system really just tax sponsored daycare?

The Montessori Method works very easily with the home schooling environment.

Student learning styles are facilitated and worked with so the child’s natural ability to learn is enhanced.

Why some parents choose to home school to protect their children from the conventional system.

Choosing an accredited program so your home school work is accepted academically for college entry.

Erasing the unfounded fears of whether or not you will succeed in home schooling.

Did you know some public schools have been trying to sabotage some home schoolers?

The benefits of accreditation and how to get it.

How to handle the fallacy that home schooling impedes “socialization” of a child.

And much, much more.

Roger & Virginia www.howtolearneasily.com

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Roger & Virginia interview Terry Neven, the Administrator of the Sundland Home School Program. Terry founded Sundland in 1981. In 2008, Terry, Sundland and their attorneys won the case before the California Supreme Court that established as law the right of caring parents to home school their children. This win established the precedent that affected home-schooling rights for all Americans.

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Home School Legal defense: http://www.home-schooling.org/Home_School_Legal_Defense/homeschool_legal_defense.html

Terry runs the “Home School Program” at www.home-schooling.org which we recommend listeners go to to feast on the available resources provided.

See the High School Manual here: http://www.home-schooling.org/High_School_Manual/high_school_manual.html

In this interview key issues are addressed, such as:

To home school or not — all questions are answered.

How home schooling recovers and enhances your best relationships with your child.

Only 52 minutes in a six hour school day is spent actually learning in a conventional school.

Learn about the superior scholastic achievement of home schooled children.

Is the public school system really just tax sponsored daycare?

The Montessori Method works very easily with the home schooling environment.

Student learning styles are facilitated and worked with so the child’s natural ability to learn is enhanced.

Why some parents choose to home school to protect their children from the conventional system.

Choosing an accredited program so your home school work is accepted academically for college entry.

Erasing the unfounded fears of whether or not you will succeed in home schooling.

And much, much more.

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

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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 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 the Learners 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.

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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.

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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!

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