Written Word Publications, LLC addresses the following challenges

Children face preventable health and safety risks (bike accidents, lack of proper seat belt use,drowning and poor health habits). Most safety information is directed at parents. Traditional safety education often fails to engage young learners. Traditional safety...

Why we create physical books instead of electronic books

Many people have asked me if our books are available in electronic form. The answerto that question is that at this time our books are available in print format only, for very specific reasons.The fist reason is about the critical link between the brain and eye-hand...

Learning Cannot Wait: Why Early Development Matters

There are powerful lessons that we have learned about the windows of opportunity, that open for youngchildren, at certain stages of development and close if those functions, those areas of the brain are notengaged. Young children, who were misdiagnosed in the past as...

Building Literacy Through Relationship, Relevance, and Rigor

The Dekko Foundation identifies effective education as “Changing traditional learning environments sothat they become more closely aligned with children’s developmental needs. Traditional learningenvironments focus on adult needs. Effective education shifts that focus...