I have completed combining, organizing, and editing two of the Slingerland textbooks to create one new Slingerland teaching guide.
Here is the copy of the inside page I had framed.
It reads:
THE SLINGERLAND MULTISENSORY APPROACH: A Practical Guide to Teaching Reading, Writing and Spelling
Based on the following books by Beth H. Slingerland:
A Multi-Sensory Approach to Language Arts for Specific Language Disability Children: A Guide for Primary Teachers
Basics in Scope and Sequence of a Multi-Sensory Approach to Language Arts for Specific Language Disability Children: A Guide for Primary Teachers in the Second-Year Continuum
Combined and Edited by: Nancy B. King
Senior Editor: Carol Hult
Slingerland Institute for Literacy
Bellevue, Washington
I finished the combining and editing; I sent it to Carol Hult in Kodiak who did the professional editing (final style decisions, edited it for final consistencies, cleaned up my organization---when in doubt I added another subheading, etc); I went to Seattle to work with Karlyn and Elyce in the Slingerland office to read back through Carol's edits and made some final changes; Karlyn and Elyce did the layout; I flew back to Seattle so Karlyn and I could meet with the Institute's professional materials review committee; we put in some minor changes from them; Karlyn has read through three proofs from the publisher; she will return the last proof to the publisher tomorrow; the publisher should have some of the first copies off the press by May 20th. Last September I set May 15th as the publishing date. We're not going to miss it very far.
This project has been all consuming since last March--for the past year. Now I am discovering that there is life after Slingerland. I resigned as treasurer and as a board member last June, have finished this project, and my good friend, Karlyn, will leave their employ as Executive Manager as of June 30th to move to Virginia with her husband who is retiring from the Bethel, Alaska school district as a vice superintendent. So my involvement in the Slingerland Institute for the past 33 years will come to an end. It is time!
3:29:07 PM 
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