Section 2 - Introduction

Introduction
HISTORY

Because the first teaching kit I published in 1980 was a color-coded system of teaching subject-verb agreement in Spanish by color, creating the name COLOR CONNECTION seemed very logical. Since that time, I have developed many more materials that teach by other means, but the company name was already established.

As a full-time teacher I never had time to promote COLOR CONNECTION , so it has remained a small company. In spite of that hindrance, having the company has allowed me to present workshops across the country for school districts and local, state, regional and national professional organizations. The greatest pleasures involved in these activities have been meeting so many interesting teachers and hearing their favorable comments concerning my materials.

Curriculum Vitae

When I retired in 1998 after 30 years of teaching, I continued serving foreign language educators on a full-time basis. In addition to presenting workshops all across the country, I became very involved in organizing quality educational programs, working with the wonderful singer from Argentina, JUSTO LAMAS. After retiring (strange how being at school all day takes up so much time) I have now been able to develop some new materials that I never had time to do before. And the latest accomplishment? FINALLY-I managed to update and re-create my Spanish Verb Wall!

Since all COLOR CONNECTION, materials were originally developed for use in my own classroom, they are all in Spanish. Over the years, I tried to provide similar materials for French, German and Russian. Unfortunately these materials do not sell well, and I cannot afford the investment in time and money to keep them active, so they have been discontinued. The one exception would be my wonderful Cyrillic Alphabet Kit for Russian class.]

SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

NONE OF THE MATERIALS COME LAMINATED

Some COLOR CONNECTION kits require some cutting, pasting and possibly a little coloring. With the publication of the new Spanish Verb Wall already in COLOR, the time consuming problem of color-coding the Verb Wall has been solved.