Rev. Walden hails from Jamaica and presently lives in Florence,
South Carolina. Rev. Walden considers herself a 30-year
"pretty good Scrabble® player" and believes that others,
particularly youth, can not only enjoy the game, but
find it a valuable resource for improvement in English, Math
and other disciplinary skills.
In 1993, Rev. Walden received the "vision" to form her company, a
youth organization, We Are the Future Inc., Int'l TM. She truly
believes that all of our youth are precious, deserving beings
who, if undeveloped, uncared for, unmotivated, and left
without hope--will surely provide our nation and the world
with NO FUTURE! Rev. Walden has stated, "Our children are NOT
renewable resources."
In 1998, after six years of toiling to get the company going, she
was able to write and co-produce her promotional video, along with
her husband--Richard D. Walden--28-year retired Army veteran.
Intermedia Communications, a 34-year old quality production company
from Massachusetts, produced the video and she was on her way
to tell the world about--our FUTURE!
The T.A.P.S. Program TM
is one that any school or organization can implement. Rev. Walden is
available for speaking engagements, to assist organizations or
schools in the development, coordination and implementation of this
comprehensive and enlightening education program for youth of all
ages. This program is currently being utilized in an elementary
school (1st grade) in the Pee Dee area with great success.
Applications for the in-school program and booklet outlining the
program may be obtained by contacting We Are the Future Inc.,
Int’l TM at 843-679-4929 or via e-mail at
watf@bellsouth.net.
40 Goals And Objectives To Enhance Education
Through The Game Of Scrabble®
Note: These goals and objectives
were developed by a trained educator in the
Marva Collins Methodology
To enhance reading
comprehension
To work in a
cooperative learning group
To develop
high-order thinking skills
To spell words
To develop good
listening skills
To follow directions
To stay on task
To complete a task
in a timely manner
To correctly use
vocabulary in sentences
To write a complete
sentence
To identify a
subject/predicate of a sentence
To identify the
parts of speech
To use a part of
speech correctly
To identify a common
noun (pronoun)
To identify an
action verb
To identify an
auxiliary verb
To use the
dictionary and thesaurus effectively
To define a word
correctly
To put words in
alphabetical order
To sight read
vocabulary
To increase
vocabulary
To write a paragraph
To develop &
increase parent/child communication
To focus on a given
subject
To identify a
horizontal position
To identify a
vertical position
To identify
left/right direction & up/down position
To identify
east/west card direction & north/south
To identify
side-to-side direction & x/y axis
To enhance fine
motor skills (physically-challenged students)
To identify parts of
a an addition/sub/etc. problem
To add 1-digit
numbers correctly
To add 1-digit
numbers mentally
To use the
associative property
To multiply by 2s,
3s, 5s, 10s, etc.
To identify a
polygon (square, rectangle, triangle)
To compare and
contrast the squares
To write a math word
problem (1- step, 2-step)
To solve a math word
problem
To identify a
fractional part (1/2, 1/4, 1/3,etc.)
