NICOLA MORGAN

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PLEASE NOTE: Before enquiring about an event, including Grow Your Brain Days, please read the page Inviting Me To Speak. It forms part of the terms and conditions of booking. 

NEW  -  GROW YOUR BRAIN DAYS  Want to know how the brain works? Want to know how it works differently from others’ brains? Want to help it work brilliantly? Then think about a GROW YOUR BRAIN DAY. See Inviting Me To Speak. 

AND INSERVICE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS Especially for staff working with teenagers, based on the insights of the influential Blame My Brain.

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Links
Here are some websites you might be interested in.

Sites about books for young people
Read Together A great site sponsored by the Scottish Executive, aiming to support parents/teachers who want to inspire children to read. Lists ’Reading Champions’, celebrities and writers/illustrators who work to promote reading. Recommends books and provides ideas from parents about helping children enjoy books.

The Word Pool For parents, teachers and children’s writers. 

Kids’ Review Aimed at children aged 6 to 14, Kids’ Review lets children write their own reviews and share their views with school children across the UK. It can be used from home and school so parents can become involved too. Great search features and linked to a database of 120,000+ titles. It aims to encourage children to develop an interest in books and to try books that they might otherwise ignore.

Reading Matters Written for intelligent young readers who want to choose their own books. Lots of reviews and recommendations.

Scottish Book Trust An organisation which promotes Scottish books and writers. If you go to a Scottish school, click here to find out how the school can ask me to come and give a talk.

Sites about Synaesthesia
The International Synaesthesia Association, based at Cambridge University

Stirling University - research and info on synaesthesia

Richard Cytowic - author of The Man who Tasted Shapes - is a renowned neurologist. His website includes information about synaesthesia.

A research student at Cambridge University  -  the website of Master’s degree student, Jennifer Green.

And last but not least:
The Child Literacy Centre My own site devoted to all aspects of how children learn to read. Aimed mainly at parents. Contains more about my background as a teacher.