Guest Speaker, Brenda Erickson, is the developer of Souns - a Montessori-minded, early literacy program that teaches the fundamental tools of print. A program that teaches letter sounds before the ABC's. Through Rotary, the Souns program has been the basis for District Simplified Grants, and Global Grants for early literacy in South Africa, Puerto Rico, and the USA. Brenda serves Rotary by volunteering to train for this program. A member of the RC of Peachtree City, GA, she was for many years the Literacy Chair for her District and twice the recipient of the North American Literacy Award. Souns is play based and applicable for non-readers at any age. It demonstrates that children can be early readers before kindergarten and is particularly effective for special needs children. To date, 91% of children in the program have met or exceeded expectations. Brenda was assisted by Laura Pagan. For further information call: 770-335-2743. |
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