Following along last  year with you and the evening sessions, I found my spark for teaching again!  Seeing the enthusiasm and light in students last year, while you worked with them, helped me mentally and spiritually return to my beloved profession.  Yes, you helped me find a purpose.  This is something that goes far beyond what can be ordered in any of your catalogs.  ... I thank you from the bottom of my heart!"  (Sally Haus, Grade 1, Garden Elementary School, Tulare, CA)

"Thank you for giving us good direction and guidance for doing math here in Monrovia.  I appreciate the knowledge and experience you bring in from the other communities within which you work.  It all adds up to a richer experience which benefits students, teachers and parents."  (Jan Dunbar, Grade 1-2 and math coach, Mayflower Elementary School, Monrovia, CA)

"I want to tell you how much fun I've had learning from you this summer!  You've renewed a spirit that was buried a while ago.  I am so looking forward to this challenge of teaching and discovering math!" (Tracy Brown, grade 2, Floral Avenue Elementary School, Bartow, FL)

"Thank you for all your hard work.  You are the best!  I love learning the strategies together with my friends.  You have done a phenomenal job putting together 2 wonderful weeks.  We are blessed to have you modeling great teaching for us.  I am looking forward to working with you this year.  Math is so exciting!  I will miss you!  Hurry back!  (Jan Morris, grade 4 and math coach, Bradoaks Elementary School, Monrovia, CA)

"The last two years under your math guidance have been wonderful.  I've learned more about math than in all the seventeen years I have been teaching."  (Nora Dees, math specialist, Lena Vista Elementary, Auburndale, FL)

"Thank you so much for all you have done with our teachers!  They are certainly highly motivated and I know the two of you are definitely responsible for much of the excitement!" (Dr. Gail Grant, principal, Mayflower Elementary School, Monrovia, CA)

"You are the best!  Thanks for spreading the "good mathness" to our staff.  I have received many compliments for bringing you to Clovis!" (G.C.  Ross, assistant superintendent, Clovis Schools, Clovis, NM)

"I  liked your math a lot.  Our teachers didn't know how to spell trapezoid and rhombus, but they spelled them right." Jessyca, Grade 2, Sundance, WY)

"Thank you for teaching us fractions.  I had no clue how to build fractions before.  Your ideas are fun to do, and because of them, I finaly figured out how to write the fractions.  My whole class start going like yea, alright, cool!"  Jordan

"I have used Number Literacy: Reading and Writing the Language of Numbers with my class.  I started with the number dots on a ten grid.  This was enjoyed by my class.  They really liked the story problems.  They will not let me forget...it is a fun finishing touch to math. For me it worked out really to break up the math time.  I do two dot problems during morning calendar and then right after lunch we finish by doing the remaining two problems.  I have seen a greater understanding and much more problem solving going on this year. It is very exciting to see their involvement."  (Bonnie Robertson, Grade 1, Lincoln Elementary School, Tulare City Schools, Tulare, CA)

"I really appreciate the story problems.  Your dot book (Number Literacy:  Reading and Writing the Language of Numbers)  makes it so easy to add, subtract, multiply and divide in kindergarten." (Linda Sorrells, grade K, Lena Vista Elementary School, Auburndale, FL)

" I love Shape Bait! It is amazing how much content is being covered in just ten minutes each day. I am convinced that Shape Bait is one of the reasons that my children did well on the FCAT."  (Dianne Herring, principal, Wendell Watson Elementary School, Lakeland, FL)

" I did a timed test with the 6th graders over 66 mixed multiplication and division basic facts through the twelves.  Here are the results:  

100% - 9 out of 28 students - 32%

>=97% - 10 out of 28 students - 36%

>=90% - 6 out of 28 students - 21%

>=85% - 1 out of 28 students - 4%

>=70% - 1 out of 28 students - 4%

One student was absent today...  

These kids know their Facts!"  Jan, Sundance WY