| I have been an educator for 37 years, mostly
with the Cupertino School District in California. I have
experience at the K-6, junior high, high school, and adult education
levels, including 6 years as a teacher-counselor, and 17 years a
resource specialist working with learning disabled children and their
teachers and parents. I am a father of 8, grandfather of 24, and a
great grandfather of 5 so far! I have always been excited about
family, and as the Educational Consultant for the Quaker Oats Company,
created two highly successful family learning programs, published on
their Life Cereal and King Vitaman Cereal boxes for several years.
The Life Cereal Program introduced habits for parents that would help
their children excel, a second section to develop I.Q. Skills, and a
third to promote reading, and later math. Easy and fun activities
and games supported each section. The King Vitaman Program
involved children writing to me (King Vitaman) about their learning
problems. I would pick out an interesting letter to answer, and
that child's picture was put on the front of the cereal box. The
back of the cereal box was filled with games and activities in answer to
that letter. Games and activities were mailed to all children who
wrote in.
Later, I wrote and published game books: Reading Games
for School Success, Writing Games for School Success, and
Math Games for School Success. Each book shows parents the
key skills needed from pre-school through junior high, quick tests to
check each skill, a record sheet to track progress, and specific games
to develop each skill.
I have recently finished and began publishing a time management
system called the WINNER Personal Success Organizer.
It is based on what I call THE SUCCESS EQUATION: I.Q. +
Achievement Motivation & Time Management + Character Traits + Strategies
& Support = SUCCESS. What is neat is that success can mean
whatever a person wants it to be. Along with Day Planning Pages
and Monthly Calendars, The WINNER includes tools for
developing a personal and/or family mission statement, determining
values and setting goals, building relationships, acquiring success
habits, organizing the completion of projects, increasing learning power
and memory skills, increasing school or career success, family
development, learning and using principles of financial success,
exploring hobbies and developing talents, and an address/phone section.
Most recently, and after more than twenty years of research and
testing activities with children and families, I have been finishing
other books:
I.Q. Boosters: A Complete Program to Increase Your Family's
I.Q. Through Time Management, Habits, Activities, and Games
Character Boosters: A Complete Program to Teach and
Learn 52 Success Habits Through Stories, Games, Teaching Tools,
Quotations, and Poems
My background also includes 15 years as an organizational development
specialist as part of a Cupertino School Effectiveness Cadre and 17
years as a city commissioner for the City of Campbell. In recent
years I have studied computer programming and publishing, and training
on use of telecommunications and other multi-media and their potential
in education and personal development. |
