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We are a Canadian, family owned company and we make educational games that help children to learn reading, writing, spelling, grammar and math. Our games and books are all designed to make learning easy and fun for children, teachers and parents. Our games have all been designed by a teacher (Erika Dick) and have been used in classrooms in Canada and in the US.
My name is Erika Dick. I am the creator and founder of Educational Games of Excellence. As a young teacher, with three young children, I realized in 1993 that there was a real need in our schools because many children had difficulty learning to read. One of my own children could not seem to learn to read and write in Grade 1. I came up with a game to help him to learn to read. Other teachers and friends encouraged me to publish the game and Top Story was created and published. Top Story was a success.
It helped children to learn reading, writing, spelling and grammar while children played the game. It was sold across Canada and in the US through educational toy stores . Many school teachers from K-Grade 3 used the game in their classroom to help their students. It was also used by special education teachers and by English as a second language teachers. Top Story received a three star rating by the Canadian Toy Testing Council, 1995, and a Parents Choice award in the US in Oct. 1995.
I went on to publish two more games-Funny Phonics, and Math Mania. Both became successful and were used in schools in Canada and the US. My children were young, my husband travelled a lot because of his work and my mother had Alzheimers. I chose to close the company and concentrate on my family.
My own grandchildren are now starting school and having some of the same difficulties in learning to read. I visited a number of schools and saw that little had changed. Some children were still having a hard time learning to read and write in the early grades.
Top Story is a board game which uses colour coded word cards to create sentences. The game includes blue naming words, green action words, red helper words and yellow descriptive words. In addition there are Wild Cards that allow players to bring their own words into the game. There are over one million sentence combinations possible.
I am now looking for a company that is ready to take these games back into the educational market and on to the next level.
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