Mackie Ramsay’s reading program is Magic! Our son was struggling with reading in second grade when Mackie began working with him for twenty minutes a day. In just six weeks there was not only rapid improvement, but he became very excited about reading for the very first time. He looked forward to each lesson and eagerly learned the ‘secrets’ that gave him access to the mastery of his letters. Now he is eleven and is devouring adult fiction, the more pages the better. He is in the highest reading and spelling programs in his class. I have recommended Mackie to many of our son’s friends with similar results. It is a great gift that Mackie gives – the gift of not only reading well, but of reading with JOY. —Alexandra Kennedy, MA, MFT, psychotherapist and author of Losing a Parent (Harper Collins, 1991). CD Alphabet Adventures included inside the back cover. Lyrics Mackie Ramsay, and MaryLee Sunseri. Music composition by MaryLee Sunseri, singer/ songwriter and the winner 2 American Library Notables, and 4 Parents Choice Awards for young children’s music. The songs on the disc that accompany this book are absolutely entrancing—a perfect way to reinforce the letters for children. Each song is unique and beautifully produced — I find myself singing them all the time! —Barbara Lopez, Music Instructor, Cabrillo College. Composer, “Body Songs.” Published by Harper Collins in the “Health for Life” program, grades K –3.
Mackie Ramsay, Ph.D. began teaching children to read with remarkable success more than fortyfive years ago in Charleston, South Carolina. Through the years, she has taught hundreds of children how to read, as well as parents and teachers how to teach reading. Dr. Ramsay also taught parenting classes, and Assertiveness Training classes throughout the state, including workshops for therapists and teachers for the State Department of Mental Health. Mackie was the Director of the Mental Health Center in Walterboro, South Carolina where she continued to teach reading, parenting classes and assertiveness training. Dr. Ramsay received her Ph.D. in counseling from the University of South Carolina Department of Education. In l980, Dr. Ramsay moved to California where she continued her teaching and counseling practice, as well as developed Discover the Secrets of Reading, with Creative Phonics