Wingfield Mcgowan

Circle O Sees Rainbow Colors ! Wingfield Mcgowan

Publisher Marketing: In this colorful rainbow book, Chapter 1 uses the sight words I and see with repetition. The colors of the rainbow are written in both large and small print to aid reading. Chapter 2 encourages coloring and reinforces the color words of the first chapter. Contributor Bio:  McGowan, Wingfield Kathleen Sullivan O'Connor worked with Head Start's Mental Health division and uses her experience, training, and knowledge to build a story series appropriate for our youngest learners. This book and series is also helpful with remedial and special education students. The illustrations are based on Euclidean geometry and lay a solid foundation for math. Illustrator Wingfield McGowan has taught at the preschool, elementary, and college levels for many years. She was trained in secondary education, but she gained interest in early learning while teaching her daughter and working as a tutor. Voice and guitar training helped develop her talents for rhyming and rhythm, both of which engage children and add to their interest and enjoyment of Kathleen's material. Faye Knight, a reading specialist, always had her first grade classes reading by Christmas! Patricia Lovisek is an early childhood learning- through-conversation specialist who engages young children emotionally while challenging them to think at "the next level." Ecology, patterns, algebra, city planning - nothing was too complex for her budding genius preschoolers!Contributor Bio:  Lovisek, Patricia Kathleen Sullivan O'Connor worked with Head Start's Mental Health division and uses her experience, training, and knowledge to build a story series appropriate for our youngest learners. This book and series is also helpful with remedial and special education students. The illustrations are based on Euclidean geometry and lay a solid foundation for math. Illustrator Wingfield McGowan has taught at the preschool, elementary, and college levels for many years. She was trained in secondary education, but she gained interest in early learning while teaching her daughter and working as a tutor. Voice and guitar training helped develop her talents for rhyming and rhythm, both of which engage children and add to their interest and enjoyment of Kathleen's material. Faye Knight, a reading specialist, always had her first grade classes reading by Christmas! Patricia Lovisek is an early childhood learning- through-conversation specialist who engages young children emotionally while challenging them to think at "the next level." Ecology, patterns, algebra, city planning - nothing was too complex for her budding genius preschoolers!Contributor Bio:  Knight, Faye Wingfield McGowan has a degree in language education and has tutored at the preschool and elementary level for many years. The study of music therapy taught her the value of musical tones in helping children remember words. Her graphic art skills combined with educational experience make early childhood language books a natural.