Children’s Author Patti Gill to be Featured on CUTV News Radio

ROYERSFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES, April 24, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- From kindergarten through second grade, children are learning to read. By three, four, and five, they're students reading to learn. Those early years are critical. If kids don't establish strong foundational reading skills in the beginning, they're going to be left behind.

With fewer resources than ever before and very little margin for error, teachers have never been in a more challenging position. The more exposure kids have to vocabulary, literary experiences and good conversations can make huge impact.

Patti Gill is an educational consultant and the author of Paddy’s Forest Trek, the first in a series of non-fiction children’s books.

“We can teach children how to identify the main ideas, supporting details, response writing. But if they don't have an essential background knowledge about core content for science and social studies, they're never going to become a true proficient reader.

Gill began her career in education as a fourth-grade classroom teacher. She later transitioned to literacy coach and became an adjunct professor, teaching graduate courses for 12 years, before launching her own educational consultancy.

Paddy’s Forest Trek focuses on plants and plant growth: science material taught in the early grades. Gill uses essential vocabulary words and concepts kids are expected to know to create simple content that mass audiences can enjoy.

“I just kind of put myself in the position of being an educator. I have to get this content across in 32 pages in picture format—how could I best do it? So I just mapped it out. The hardest part was incorporating the academic vocabulary that's required while developing the content at the same time.

But the content was the easy part: How do you capture a child’s attention and imagination? She needed characters and a story: that’s when she came up with Paddy and Rab.

“Paddy and Rab are buddies and they are going to travel throughout time and across the globe in other books that I'm writing as well.

“Kids can tell Paddy and Rab have such a great relationship,” says Gill. “They're super cute. Kids are engaging with the characters and the illustrations while absorbing the content and improving their literacy.”

CUTV News Radio will feature Patti Gill in an interview with Jim Masters on April 26th at 12pm EDT.

Listen to the show on BlogTalkRadio.

If you have a question for our guest, call (347) 996-3389.

For more information on Patti Gill, visit www.pattigill.com and www.personalizedlessonplans.org

Lou Ceparano
CUTV News
(631) 850-3314
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