DCIR history

Finding a classroom to answer the question ”Would healthy, high functioning fingers and hands help in the development of a child’s brain?” was not easy. Coincidence took me to Jennifer and Sandy. I knew these teachers from Michigan Reading Conferences. I asked them; “Do you know any 2nd grade classroom teachers who would be open…

One cold day in Upper Michigan I was drawing a picture for the children’s book “Nothing to Do.” It was 2004 and, as only Michigan can do it, was the quietest weather imaginable. It can snow and snow and snow and in the blink of an eye it’s a full blown weather event. The moving…