Breaking the Sounds' Barrier

Meet Our "Family" of Authors
Amy Amy Gile teaches Special Education in the Denver Public School System and is the mother of three children. Amy has earned her Masters Degree in Special Education, and she has taught for ten years. Amy worked with children who were unable to make significant progress in reading, using traditional and remedial approaches. Amy began developing her own unique system: the *Five-Day-Twenty-Week Curriculum*. Her students achieved remarkable results in their reading ability using this curriculum. Amy articulates the phonemes that precede each of the 42 songs on the CDs. Amy resides in Denver with her husband and three children. (Incidentally, Amy's husband, Larry Gile, teaches Physical Education and helped to create the choreography and movements to the songs which are found in the Song Book. (read a message from the author)
Jim (Amy and Paulie's Step Father, Janet's Husband) Jim Post is a well-known folk singer. He presently performs Mark Twain and the Laughing River, for which he wrote not only the script, but also all of the music. The music from the show won the 1997 American Library Notable Children's Recording. He also won the Parent's Choice Gold Award. The National Fire Protection Association commissioned Jim to write and sing songs for preschool children to instruct them about fire safety. The music is required listening in schools in several states. Interestingly, Jim is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for writing and singing "Reach Out in the Darkness" a #1 hit from the 60's. Jim's "Mark Twain" show premiered in Chicago and has been performed across America, including the Smithsonian Institute and the English Speaking Theatre in Vienna, Austria. Jim has produced over 20 albums. He is lead vocalist on the Breaking the Sounds' Barrier CD collection. (visit Jim's website)
Janet (Amy and Paulie's Mother, Jim's Wife) Janet Smith Post earned her masters of Arts in English. She taught Literature and English Composition at the college level, as well as having taught elementary music in kindergarten through sixth grade. She currently works as a freelance writer and editor. In addition, Janet plays keyboard and cello for Jim's "Mark Twain" show. Janet wrote all of the lyrics for the songs on the Breaking the Sounds' Barrier CD collection, and she wrote the Preprimers and Primers for the Reading by Ear series.
Paulie (Amy's Sister) Pauline Daniel is a senior at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where she is majoring in art. Pauline is the creator of the lively and captivating characters in our songs and stories. Pauline has designed the artwork for numerous preschools and day care centers. Her artwork has also appeared on greeting cards and commercial publications. Pauline is the mother of two small children.


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