Won Ton is Not Now Backwards: Mystery, Fantasy and Fun
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 68
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2025
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I have endeavored to combine interesting story telling with an emphasis on correct enunciation of certain sounds. A number of specific sounds have been chosen and stories have been created which center upon the repetition of these sounds to assist children in gaining control of their speech.
Those children who appear to have speech difficulties can, thus, be directed to early intervention to work on both articulation and enunciation.
While speech improvement is certainly a key factor in this book, it is also hoped that the stories can stand on their own merit as exciting, entertaining, and imaginative.
Various literary devices such as personification, metaphors, similes, proverbs and anagrams have been incorporated into the stories in an effort to show children how such devices can enhance their reading as well as their own writing.
The individual vocabulary for each sound is also readily available at the end of each story.
As a youngster I was in love with books that let my imagination soar. At nine years old, I was convinced that A Wrinkle in Time was the best book I had ever read! To get under bedcovers with a flashlight and read was a joyful experience. Thousands of books later, I still exult in reading and Won Ton is meant to reach out to a new generation of children eager to learn by turning the pages of a book.
After all, as Jhumpa Lahiri has written, “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
In addition, as a teacher of literature, I want to engage students who may have speech challenges with something more than a workbook. They need to enjoy what they read as they seamlessly integrate articulation and enunciation speech correction through intriguing story telling.
I was inspired to write Won Ton is Not Now Backwards as a result of my Dad’s silly humor. He gave the sparkle to a day’s events with his corny jokes and ability to create fun even when the world might be challenging.
Over the years I have worn many “hats” but one that I am particularly proud of is raising awareness throughout New Jersey about childhood apraxia of speech, a challenging speech disorder that affects one in 1,000 children. Because of my outreach, a proclamation was created citing May 14, 2023 as Apraxia Awareness Day. Much work is needed to give children a “voice.”
If I can reach even one child and something magical happens, it will be a success. If a youngster can envisage an escapade based on the Won Ton stories, I will be thrilled. If a child is motivated to believe in his or her own verbal success, it will be a victory.
I have endeavored to combine interesting story telling with an emphasis on correct enunciation of certain sounds. A number of specific sounds have been chosen and stories have been created which center upon the repetition of these sounds to assist children in gaining control of their speech.
Those children who appear to have speech difficulties can, thus, be directed to early intervention to work on both articulation and enunciation.
While speech improvement is certainly a key factor in this book, it is also hoped that the stories can stand on their own merit as exciting, entertaining, and imaginative.
Various literary devices such as personification, metaphors, similes, proverbs and anagrams have been incorporated into the stories in an effort to show children how such devices can enhance their reading as well as their own writing.
The individual vocabulary for each sound is also readily available at the end of each story.
As a youngster I was in love with books that let my imagination soar. At nine years old, I was convinced that A Wrinkle in Time was the best book I had ever read! To get under bedcovers with a flashlight and read was a joyful experience. Thousands of books later, I still exult in reading and Won Ton is meant to reach out to a new generation of children eager to learn by turning the pages of a book.
After all, as Jhumpa Lahiri has written, “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
In addition, as a teacher of literature, I want to engage students who may have speech challenges with something more than a workbook. They need to enjoy what they read as they seamlessly integrate articulation and enunciation speech correction through intriguing story telling.
I was inspired to write Won Ton is Not Now Backwards as a result of my Dad’s silly humor. He gave the sparkle to a day’s events with his corny jokes and ability to create fun even when the world might be challenging.
Over the years I have worn many “hats” but one that I am particularly proud of is raising awareness throughout New Jersey about childhood apraxia of speech, a challenging speech disorder that affects one in 1,000 children. Because of my outreach, a proclamation was created citing May 14, 2023 as Apraxia Awareness Day. Much work is needed to give children a “voice.”
If I can reach even one child and something magical happens, it will be a success. If a youngster can envisage an escapade based on the Won Ton stories, I will be thrilled. If a child is motivated to believe in his or her own verbal success, it will be a victory.