We are Bob and Sarah Major. We launched the Child1st website out of our desire to share with other teachers some of the teaching tools we have found to be very effective with children who struggle in traditional classrooms, or with traditional teaching approaches. In the fall of 2006, Sarah resigned from full time teaching in order to devote herself to this work full time.

Because our focus is creating solutions for children, we welcome your feedback, your experiences with your students, your questions, and your suggestions for how we can improve. We would love to hear from you success stories, and particulars about the challenges your own students face in their learning. 

     Please take advantage of the free resources page after you have made an account with us. If you have any activities, hints, tips for teaching to alternate learners that you want to share, please contact us. Be assured that when you do, you will get a live person, not an automated bit of technology!

Background:
     Both Sarah and Bob grew up overseas, children of missionary parents. Bob was born and raised in India and gained many amazing experiences traveling around the world. Sarah grew up in Central America, (Costa Rica, Honduras, and Puerto Rico) and actually began college at the University of Puerto Rico Recinto Mayaguez. We have four children ranging in age from 12 to 30 who are the delight of our lives.
Top: Bob...up high. Bottom: Sarah with a student.
Sarah's BIO:
Education:
B.A. Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois
M.Ed. Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI

 Teaching Experience:
Preschool and up including college level reading classes. Title 1 director & program developer for grades K-7, ESOL teacher, classroom teacher, grades K-12.

 Focus of research and study:
Learning preferences, styles, how to design and produce materials that will broaden the learning base for all learners through teaching to the visual cortex & cerebellum, centers for visual & kinesthetic memory.

Research was done both in the scholarly way by reading the work of researchers, but research has been practical and applied in that everything was tested by teaching to real children. What was not practical, did not produce a desired learning experience, or was confusing or irrelevant was discarded, and only what was effective in reaching all learners was kept and enhanced.

Design of alphabet and sight words required multiple hundreds of hours of interaction with children in order to discover the images that communicated best to them. If children suggested changes in the images, those words were redesigned.

Because of the enormous investment in time and work in creating these products, we are proud and happy to finally make them available to teachers and parents all over the world, asking only that you honor the copyright by not making copies of the materials for others. We do appreciate this! If you have questions about appropriate use, please email me at sarah@child-1st.com.
 
Above: Bob watching the airshow at Triple Tree in SC. Bottom: Scene at Triple Tree Airpark.
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