Parents, a child is born into your home. What are your parental responsibilities especially from birth to the time of entering school? What kind of model are you living that your child will be a wholesome developed individual before he enters school? The child comes to school bringing along what he has learned and seen at home. What are the teacher's responsibilities? How can parents and teachers work together? Look for excellent suggestions from an experienced classroom teacher. You will read about true individual experiences of various types of behavior by my students... Think how you would solve them. You will want to try the suggestions and you may be amazed how they helped you. Graduations in elementary education: B.A. from Goshen College; M.A. and Ed.D. with reading and special education cognates from Ball State University; outstanding citation of dissertation: "A Study of Factors Related to the Reading Ability of Kindergarten Children." As a teacher: taught grades two to four, those with reading difficulties, and college students; workshops for teachers and parents; reading consultant and coordinator; chairman of the Language Arts Division of South Bend Teachers' Institute; and tested students' reading skills for NAEP. Publications: STEPS ALONG MY PATH; assisted with THE JOURNEY OF A LIFTIME; requested topics for NATURE FRIEND magazine; and other stories or articles for INDIANA READING QUARTERLY, TURNING AROUND BOOKLET, STORY FRIENDS, A Glimpse of How It Used To Be and Purring Perfectly. Church experiences: teaching and workshops; voluntary service; mission trip; and served in women's choral group and as organist for churches. Hobbies: I enjoy singing, playing the organ, completing jigsaw puzzles, reading, and working outside.