Mrs Valerie Wood-Gaiger MBE wins a 'Special Recognition Award' for Innovation in Education at the Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network gala evening in Cardiff City Hall.

Dr Sheila Ochugboju (Operational Director Science & Innovation GWIIN) said:

‘This entry really struck a cord with me. Just like many other working women, I could not do my work without support from my mother who cares for my children when I am away. Valerie's books, with their unique Learn with Grandma educational pages which are designed to bring the story to life, suggesting all sorts of fun activities that people like my mum can do with their grandchildren. As a scientist I was amused and impressed to see that Valerie had even added making a DNA model out of sweets. That is true innovation!" 

Valerie explained that the innovative educational concept in her books was not the only innovation. "We have devised a new printing method that will dramatically reduce printing costs for minority languages. The Ice Journey is the first in a planned series of factional books that progress from The Ice Age to The Roman Empire. Before modern political boundaries, before people wrote their stories down, there was a shared European history. The European community is now vast with over 640 recognised languages. Living in a Welsh speaking village really brought it home that throughout Europe people are proud of their heritage; their own county, culture and languages. I wanted to show that a great deal of European history and culture is based on what we share, not on the modern political boundaries that divide us BUT the short print runs necessary in minority languages, like Welsh, is expensive. Our new printing system will enable minority languages to be printed together, at only a tiny fraction more, than the printing costs the major languages enjoy".

For more information contact: Mrs Valerie Wood-Gaiger MBE   valwoodgaiger@aol.com
Director Grandma's Stories Ltd
Co-founder Learn with Grandma
(A not for profit company reg. no. 05913133)
Brynamlwg
Myddfai
Llandovery
Carmarthenshire SA20 0NZ
Wales U.K.
0044 (0) 1550 720 994 www.4learningenglish.com