About

Julie at a library conference book signing in Portland, OR

 

Julie has years of experience with young learners.  She has been a professional educator since 1998 and has taught at an award-winning California school.  In addition to classroom teaching, she has been an Early Reading Intervention instructor, English Language Development teacher, and a private tutor.  Julie is the author of two award-winning learn-to-read books, Magic Letters; The Keys to the World of Words and  Magic Words; Discovering the Adventure of Reading.

She started her company, Lightning Bug Learning, to provide educational support to children and provide affordable educational resources for parents and teachers.  These materials assist children in learning to read and write.  She also devotes time to presenting workshops to educators at conferences across the country and is a literacy adviser for ZiggityZoom.com and National Kindergarten Readiness.

Julie hopes this blog will help both parents and educators searching for ways to make learning fun!