The Big Fat Beaut Book

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ISBN: 0-949693-43-X

9 part holistic, graded literacy and numeracy programme presented in a briefcase. Large A3 format. 2000 pages, times tables tape, 2 x 200 page guide books, case histories, a satire, 550 page indexed reference book of unsolicited letters and answers, 4x4 colour text posters. Full of humour, lavishly illustrated so that pictures cannot be 'read' by visual clues. All ages (Year 3 to superior adult standard). Home self-help or school use. Mainstream, gifted and talented and/or dyslectics.

dyslexia book

Statistics and Pertinent Factors:

-Researched and developed 1977-1995 in a private clinic setting with severe dyslectics of all ages
- many levels of potential including gifted and talented
- 90 000 units have been distributed largely by word of mouth
- an application of the VAKT methodology of Montessori and Fernald
- an alternative to Ritalin
- used in speech/hearing/sight/stroke-impaired situations
- both literacy and numeracy are addressed
- weight: 18kg
- humour
- home schooling, school, individual, teacher pre- and in-training usage
- fine discovery art to stimulate visual perception
- re-usable lesson plans provided
- exercises to reduce anxiety and stretch attention span included
- Intervention and preventative applications

Applied Simultaneous Multisensory (VAKT) programme with simple lesson plans using poetic devices like alliteration to help sequencing. It uses the methodology evolved by psychiatrist-teacher Maria Montessori and psychologist-teacher Grace Maxwell Fernald to develop 3Rs for dyslectics of all ages and levels IQ 65 upwards including the gifted and talented.

Part 1-4: 4 volumes of reusable PB A3 large format literacy and numeracy books

4 volumes of reusable PB A3 large format literacy and numeracy books in which maze and tongue twister story formats are chosen as best - the heart of the work. Lesson plans and exercises for reducing anxiety and stretching attention span. Research and development of 18 years by primary/secondary/tertiary/ special needs qualified teacher from a dyslectic family.

2 volumes of A3 500 page remedial challenging humorous literacy texts illustrated by Ian Ottley. Large format stepped literacy Year 3 to Adult levels covering spelling/accuracy/comprehension/handwriting/written expression. It consists of varied calligraphy for friendliness for the dispirited and preparation for numerous teacher writing styles. Ambiguous fine discovery art so the text must be read to discover the real scenario in pictures.

2 volumes of storybook numeracy, calligraphy and fine discovery X-ray art by Armin Greder. Includes computeresque feature of dense bold for symbol (often confused otherwise) and important working parts. For example, long multiplication and long division, innovatiove ways with fractions integrated with outrageous drawings of outrageous characters to sugar coat the pill/decimals/problem-solving/money/building/ingenious solutions to real life predicaments like job loss and physical accidents/averages/provisioning a yacht for round the world sailing etc. Critical thinking needed at which dyslectics excel.

Part 5: Zany

This holistic book is an affordable one-tenth extract of Christina Alexander's The Big Fat Beaut Book. Zany was devised for Centrelink injured dyslectics who left school early, but it is used for school and home and is multi-age, multi-level and multi-sensory. 100 A4 pages.

Zany features tongue twister stories to aid the same skills as the main books above. There are lesson plans and anxiety and attention span stretching exercises. Use the book to complete 70 lessons in reading, spelling and written expression. There is also a handwriting supplement.

Part 6: Teaching Disabilities

This book is dedicated to all the parents, friends, spouses and teachers struggling with the problem of dyslexia. It's a 200-page B2 satire illustrated by Armin Greder in Goyaesque charcoal drawings. It features a tapestry of inappropriate teaching for dyslectics.

It is intended that it will remove the clutter surrounding the situation currently and give a base on which constructive action may happen.

Part 7: Users' and Teachers' Guide to Christina's Renedial Teaching Materials for Learning Difficulties

B2 200 page case-history book and some test analyses and meanings. There are only a handful of variations of the syndrome so clients recognise themselves among the cases.

Part 8: Posters

Set of 4 posters A2 size with text and 4 x colour picture with book characters. Literacy and numeracy texts depicting characters and new material adjunct to The Big Fat Beaut Book.

Glossy heavy paper. Description of skills honed on the backs. Poetic devices. Calligraphy, numeracy answers supplied upside down. Drawings by Ian Ottley coloured by Armin Greder.

Part 9: Times Tables audiotape and sheet with Baroque music

Interspersed by a serial story to chunk material into sets and prevent perseverance or jumbling.

PLUS!! A Dyslexia Consultant's Mailbag: 100 letters answered

Beautifully indexed so each letter had a page number and topic title. 550 pages A4. Responses to 100 of the 1000s of unsolicited letters. Good reference book. Popular in libraries and schools. Non-jargon style. Traces the evolution of all the Banana Books including The Big Fat Beaut Book and A Boodle of Doodles.