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WELCOME

The statistics are staggering. In the US, one child in four grows up unable to read with proficiency above a third grade level. When Spanish children memorize their alphabet, they learn many of the reading sounds the letters make. The names of the letters and the sounds of the letters are often the same. In the US, the names of the letters and the reading sounds of the letters are often not the same. Many children cannot make this abstract jump and fall behind. When a child falls behind in their ability to read, they often face a harder time achieving a successful future.

 

 

THE ANSWER:

TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ BEFORE THEY START SCHOOL

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​​​​​What a child hears lasts a lifetime. Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me. How sad, if believed. A child with a disability will often encounter hurtful words. Feelings of not being good enough or smart enough are universal themes impacting children around the world. A Disney CEO, after reading the 'Snow Queen' thought the main character's power to turn everything into ice was a disability. And that is what the theme of 'Frozen' became. And it is this writer's belief that for the one in four American Children growing up not being able to read above a third grade level--not being able to read becomes a disability.

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​​The success of Iceland's beginning reading program, despite the complexity of their language, produces a high literacy rate. Educators in Iceland understand when a child learns letters have their own special reading sounds, a child learns to read. They teach beginning readers, not through ABC books (sight reading), but through adventure stories–stories in which children within the stories teach the reading sounds alphabet letters make. In Iceland these storybook children become as well-known as the Disney Princesses and Marvel Super Heroes. 

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​Taylor Keiko Mochizuki & Sir Rubén Rainbow

in the Land of Sounds

is a reading program I developed teaching developmentally challenged children to read. Written for parents to teach children ages  four, five, and six to read before they start school, and to help older children falling  behind in school to become better readers and feel empowered.

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​​​​​​​​​FOR CHILDREN FOUR YEARS OLD

 

An illustrated  'Picture Book' in which children meet each letter family and learn the reading sounds the letters make.

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 FOR CHILDREN SIX YEARS OLD

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​​A 'Picture Book' with a four-minute adventure story, in which fantasy characters teach the reading sounds of alphabet letters.

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    FOR OLDER CHILDREN

 FALLING BEHIND IN READING

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'The Adventures of Taylor Keiko Mochizuki

and Sir Ruben Rainbow in the Land of Sounds' 

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Written for older children falling behind in reading, Keiko's story revolves around the heartbreak of a child falling behind her friends in school. She struggles, but fails, to learn to read. It is a A 'Wizard of Oz' type story in which Keiko will travel to the Rainbow, meet many rainbow friends, and learn to read. 

 

Sir Ruben Rainbow, a boy of many colors is her teacher. He takes Keiko to The Land of Sounds. As Keiko learns to read, she also learns the most important thing in life is not reading or writing, and the value of someone is not measured in how big or smart they are. 

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'The Adventures of Taylor Keiko Mochizuki and Sir Ruben Rainbow' is to be read aloud; each 2,000 word story takes about 15-minutes to read. Each story is a complete adventure story unto itself. Each story has a beginning, a middle and an end; perfect as a bedtime story.

 

On her journey Keiko encounters fantasy characters such as dragons, sea monsters, water angels, fairies and witches; witches who turn out not to be witches. And a flying pony.

 

The adversary is a jealous Wild Wild Wind. "You will stay forever in this darkness, Keiko. I will do everything in my power to stop you from learning to read." And of course overcoming jealousy is another of the many life-lessons Keiko learns on her journey in Rainbowland. 

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​​​​​REVIEW: Shepherd Siegel, PhD, author of Disruptive Play

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Carla Janes-Heneghan has spun a tale as delightful as it is unique. With stunning illustrations that bring the reader into this fantasy world; we ride along with Keiko in adventures with Babu Mischief, Bright Star, Captain Renaissance Red, Sir Turtle, The Wild Wild Wind, and many more. Meant to be read aloud, Taylor Keiko Mochizuki & Sir Rubén Rainbow in the Land of Sounds teaches struggling readers how to break through to fluency, and teaches other children empathy for them...plus it's a wild and dazzling ride. 

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TWO FINISHED SCREENPLAYS 

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Two movie screenplays, adapted from the  twenty consecutive 2,000 word stories have been written.

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