Retired English teacher wins AWARD OF EXCELLENCE from THE FILM ADVISORY BOARD for her BASIC COZY GRAMMAR COURSE VIDEOS!

Retired English teacher from small Canadian fishing town creates a video/workbook English grammar course filmed in and around her cozy beach cottage and finds herself winning an AWARD OF EXCELLENCE from THE FILM ADVISORY BOARD in Hollywood for writing and starring in THE BASIC COZY GRAMMAR COURSE!

For Immediate Release: November 22,2001
Splashes From The River Multimedia Entertainment Inc.
Campbell River, BC, Canada

Marie Rackham, the retired English teacher from Campbell River, BC, Canada, who took action about her concerns that the teaching of English grammar seems to be going by the wayside by producing and starring in her own video series called THE BASIC COZY GRAMMAR COURSE, has just received the 12th National/International award for educational/edutainment excellence to add to her growing collection:

Press Release: November 15, 2001
The Film Advisory Board, Inc.,
Hollywood, California

    THE FILM ADVISORY BOARD, INC. announces its Award Evaluation Committee has voted its AWARD OF EXCELLENCE to 'THE BASIC COZY GRAMMAR COURSE'.
    In making the announcement of the award, FILM ADVISORY BOARD president, Elayne Blythe, called the set of two videos with workbook, "Outstanding! In our twenty-six years of evaluating family/children's entertainment and educational products, we have never seen a program quite like 'THE BASIC COZY GRAMMAR COURSE'! Marie Rackham, with 34 years of experience as an English teacher is a delightful instructor - and the beautiful surroundings of Campbell River in British Columbia makes for a relaxing and unique learning environment one never wants to leave! This course is great for kids nine and up and adults alike who wish to improve their speaking and writing skills. We would also recommend this course to those who speak English as a second language who wish to improve their skills! This course is ideal for home schooling and should be in every home library! Kids from nine to 100 will love 'THE BASIC COZY GRAMMAR COURSE'! I can't say enough wonderful things about it! It's well-deserving of our AWARD OF EXCELLENCE!"
Elayne Blythe, President and Founder of The Film Advisory Board, Inc.
Hollywood California

This news came just days after being notified that The Basic Cozy Grammar Course was being officially endorsed by KIDS FIRST! THE COALITION FOR QUALITY CHILDRENS MEDIA.

The tremendous response to The Basic Cozy Grammar Course has left Marie feeling vindicated in the face of all who told her that she was a dinosaur for insisting on teaching grammar in her classroom. As Marie says, "Grammar is the technique of English, just as mixing paints is the technique of painting, and playing scales the technique of music. It is difficult to be creative at anything if you don't have the technique first. If you can't speak well, and write well, your windows of opportunity are closed. Many people are concerned about the errosion of these skills, and have felt helpless to do anything about it - THE BASIC COZY GRAMMAR COURSE was created for them."

visit http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com and click on the 'Awards', 'Reviews', or 'Customer Quotes' links to learn more.