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DIRECTORS Bob and Anne Hext are the directors of the company. Crossbow Started in 1992 when Bob was teaching SpLD children for the Special Needs Support Service in Gloucester (U.K.) Originally a mainstream English and French teacher, (started teaching in 1973) Bob began working full-time with Special Needs children in 1988. After finding that games were often the only way to motivate the more disaffected among some of his French students, he soon began devising similar approaches with the dyslexic and EBD children he was working with, and needless to say found them successful often when nothing else worked. The first games to be published were Wordbuilder and Knockout. The other "Spring" games (so named because when played competitively in a group all the players "spring" to action as soon as the dice roll- it's good noisy stuff!) and the Spin-its followed on their success, and we've gradually expanded since then. Bob has maintained some teaching for most of the time, and currently works part-time with 9-year olds in a local special school. Anne is usually the Lady on the Phone, taking care of the administration (= sorting out Bob's messes!), and now doing most of the layout and design work on our range of books. Outside of the specialist Dyslexia teaching field, where our reputation in the U.K. is established and we are recommended by national and international experts (as well as many teachers and Educational Psychologists,) we are not so well known- mainly because we don't spend vast amounts of money filling your journals with adverts and your waste bins with mailshots! However if you order any of our materials having visited us online, we believe you'll understand why the people who do know who we are usually go on and recommend us to someone else... |
AUTHORS Thomas Aidey Jenni Beard Hugh Bellamy Stephanie Dart Hilary Gough Bob Hext Beve Hornsby Alan Pattinson Ann Tottman and Maggi Ford Thomas Aidey (Phonic Wordsearch) Jenni Beard (Study Skills- a Multisensory Guide) Hugh Bellamy (Rime Time) Stephanie Dart (Rime Time, Rime Read) Hilary Gough (Magic-E Spin-it, Suffixing Spin-it) Bob Hext .You don't want to hear any more about me! The late Beve Hornsby (The Hornsby Pelmanism Games) Alan Pattinson (Bing Bang Bong, Win Wine Winner) Ann Tottman and Maggi Ford (FUNICS) Anne Henderson (Maths Language Posters)
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WHY "CROSSBOW"?
OK, so we believe our stuff hits the target. More than that, though, we're Christians. We believe that the symbols of the Cross and the Rainbow stand for the most powerful, life-changing truths on this earth: broadly, "Jesus died in my place, (for my sins)", and "God keeps His promises". He's certainly changed our lives, and this paragraph's for Him. |
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