{"id":166,"date":"2024-11-01T00:13:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T00:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linda-lampi.client-demo-websites.com\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2025-11-24T19:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:46:51","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/linda-lampi.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"166\" class=\"elementor elementor-166\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54f2506 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54f2506\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1f1029\" data-id=\"b1f1029\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6ca2ad elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6ca2ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c333cc1\" data-id=\"c333cc1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd5943e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd5943e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Linda Lampi <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e73159 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e73159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLinda Lampi is a retired teacher from the San Bernardino City Unified School District. She acquired\nher BA, Teaching Credential, and MA from California State University, San Bernardino. During her\nthirty-nine years as an educator, Mrs. Lampi had many roles. Besides being a teacher in elementary\nand middle schools, she also was a Resource Teacher, a Reading Support Teacher, and a Bilingual\nFacilitator. During her teaching career, Linda Lampi received the Arrowhead Reading Award three\ntimes from Cal State San Bernardino. She specialized in teaching reading to all types of students\nfrom remedial learners to high achievers. She even taught the ABC names and sounds to preschool\nstudents as young as three years old. Mrs. Lampi loves to be creative while teaching reading. It all\nstarted when first graders entered her classroom and did not know their letters. Mrs. Lampi drew\nthe letter \u201cW\u201d on the board and put shoes on it. She said, \u201cLook, it is Walking W.\u201d The concept of\nConsonant Creatures was born! From then on, Linda Lampi developed imaginative ways of bringing\nthe letters to life making them easy and fun to learn. She is currently adding products to her very\nown Phonics Please website!\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbbcba9\" data-id=\"fbbcba9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc8e9fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc8e9fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/linda-lampi.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/994007562-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-275\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linda-lampi.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/994007562-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linda-lampi.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/994007562-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/linda-lampi.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/994007562.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0552fcc elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0552fcc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49c8f13\" data-id=\"49c8f13\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7828e26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7828e26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learn and Play with Phonics through\n\"Phonics Please\u201d!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8afa577 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8afa577\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Say goodbye to mundane drills and worksheets &amp; say hello to an interactive &amp; engaging experience. In <em>Phonics Please<\/em>, the magic of learning happens when the Learner is introduced to imaginative characters with accompanying verses &amp; poems. <em>Phonics Please<\/em> is a two-part series.&nbsp; In the \u201cMeet the Consonants\u201d section of <em>Phonics<\/em> <em>Please, <\/em>learners are introduced to consonants with the whimsical Consonant Creatures found in various products. Consonants are taught first because they are easy and fun to learn &amp; set the tone for a positive learning-to-read experience.&nbsp; Once the consonants are mastered, the Learner can then advance&nbsp; to the \u201cMeet the Vowels\u201d section. Here the Learner meets additional imaginative characters &amp; can easily learn the more detailed rules associated with vowels &amp; their sounds. Viewing the cute characters and learning their accompanying&nbsp; poems in the <em>Phonics Please<\/em>&nbsp; <em>Program<\/em> is a surefire way to reinforce phonetic connections. The Learner can easily learn their letters with ease with <em>Phonics Please<\/em>!&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Lampi Linda Lampi is a retired teacher from the San Bernardino City Unified School District. She acquired her BA, Teaching Credential, and MA from California State University, San Bernardino. During her thirty-nine years as an educator, Mrs. Lampi had many roles. 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