NARDAGANI

Reading Made Easy

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HOW NARDA WOULD EXPLAIN HER PROGRAM TO YOU IF YOU MET HER ON AN ELEVATOR

You: "What do you do when you're not in an elevator?"

Narda: "I love to teach people to read. I developed a creative program that easily teaches challenged readers to read. It has already changed the lives of hundreds of people who were challenged readers: people of all ages throughout the U.S., many people with dyslexia, hundreds of inmates at detention centers in the West! We are reaching more and more people every day!"

OUR PRODUCTS

The Instructor Kit costs $199 and includes a 30-minute Instructional DVD plus all the materials necessary to teach one student of any age to read. 

Student kits are purchased when an instructor is teaching more than one student at a time. We offer three student kits; Pre-K to nine years old ($129), 10-15 years old ($139) and 16 years old to adult ($149).

USE OF FUNDS

Nardagani has been formed as a for-profit company, consistent with nearly all educational materials suppliers and publishers. While we intend to become profitable, at this point we are an early stage start-up company. We seek modest donor funding for larger product distribution and in support of an academic study that will determine how and why Nardagani has succeeded for learners when other remedial programs have not. Once this study is complete, Nardagani intends to solicit equity investment funds from qualified investors.

THE PROBLEM AND THE SOLUTION

HERE'S THE PROBLEM.

"One in four children in the United States grows up not knowing how to read."

~National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

 

WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

Nardagani is dedicated to providing a simple, fun and low-cost method to rapidly teach reading that is revolutionary in its effectiveness. Nardagani enables most students to read at grade-level in as few as four (one-hour) lessons. 

Confusing grammatical rules are eliminated. Guessing and shame are eliminated. The previously difficult learning process is replaced by fun games and coded practice books. Decoding English is exciting and easy. Reading becomes fun and the new reader feels empowered. This is the magic behind Nardagani.

The program is proven to significantly improve reading ability in students challenged with dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and autism. 

NARDAGANI IS AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION.

Traction & Accomplishments

In 1985  Narda moved to Japan. She was told the fastest way to learn to speak Japanese was to learn to read it first. Within one week Narda was able to read Japanese - with the use of their decoding symbols, called Hiragana, that "live" under all 10,000 kanji characters. Japan has one of the highest literacy rates in the world due to this decoding teaching method. When her daughter was in first grade, Narda was told she was a "challenged reader." After learning to read a language with 10,000 characters in only one week, Narda didn't understand why her daughter could not master her native language, that consists of only 26 letters. Then, she got an idea... adapt the Japanese method for learning to read English, so learning to read English would be easy, too. Narda made a plan to reach and to teach challenged readers who still struggle.

In 2002 Narda created and completed the "Sound Map." This maps out the 38 sounds of the English language. She also completed the development of the "symbols" that represent the letters in the English language that make more than one sound (14 of our letters).           

In 2005 Narda created the first Practice Book using the symbols for decoding words.

In 2006 Narda was interviewed on a local television station. As a result, Narda had the opportunity to teach many local adult challenged readers using her innovative program.  

In 2008 Narda developed the program in Brazilian Portguese for a local business woman who traveled to Brazil for work. Narda then realized that her program could be developed in any language.

In 2009 Narda developed the program in Spanish.

In 2012 Narda started teaching adult detainees how to read English at the Blaine County Detention Center in Hailey, Idaho. She also taught an additional 21 detainees at a women's “Rider Program” detention center in Kuna, Idaho. Nardagani was adopted by the Idaho State Department of Education. All Idaho public schools now have approval to use Nardagani for their challenged readers.

In February 2013 Narda successfully taught a 12-year-old boy with autism named Sven to read. His teachers had told his family that “Sven may never learn to read.”  

By March 2013 Narda began creating the children's program.

By July 2013 Narda, with the help of Brad Pearson, created, coded and completed "The Adventures of Ran" practice book for middle-school-age children.

In August 2013 Nardagani was supported by the Blaine County School District (BCSD) to run a two week pilot program with BCSD challenged readers. Every one of these students gained confidence in reading after just four lessons! Visit Nardagani.com to watch video testimonials of these new readers.By October 2013 Narda wrote, coded and completed three "Magical Worms" practice books for Pre-K children as the foundational practice books for Nardagani.

In November 2013 the Nardagani Reading Program "Instructor Kit" (including all materials, instructions for use and a 30-minute Instuctional DVD) was completed and ready for distribution.  

In December 2013 a study in the Blaine County Detention Center showed that after completing four to six lessons, an inmate could teach another inmate to read using Nardagani.

In January 2014 Narda was interviewd by anchor Dee Sarton at KMVT television in Boise, Idaho. As a result, she began to really reach teachers and parents of challenged readers."  

At the end of January 2014 the largest state detention facility in Ontario, Oregon - The Snake River Detention Center began the program "Inmates Teaching Inmates to Read" with wonderful success.   

By March 2014 Narda wrote, coded and completed another "Magical Worms" practice book for third- and fourth-grade level children.

In June 2014 Narda received an angel investment.

Since January 2014 Narda has moved out of her home office and into a small office in downtown Hailey. She completed the “Student Kit." in Jose Varela teaches people of all ages to read Spanish as a first language, English as a second language and Spanish as a second language. Nardagani instructors continue to teach challenged readers in the local detention center and throughout our community and Idaho. The Snake River Detention Center in Oregon has completed a pilot program with the English and the Spanish programs. The California Department of Corrections has contacted Narda about using Nardagani statewide. 

How We're Different

Nardagani is the solution. There are many reading programs. None are as effective as Nardagani. Our biggest competitors are expensive, confusing and time consuming. Nardagani is different from other reading programs. Twelve letters in our alphabet play fair; they only make one sound. The other 14 letters do not play fair; they make more than one sound… and this is where the confusion begins. By learning 12 simple symbols through interactive games, students rapidly grasp the many sounds of the “unfair” letters and letter combinations.

The Team

Narda Pitkethly - Creator/CEO

Creator of Nardagani 


Narda Pitkethly/Founder: Narda has done a variety of jobs throughout her adult life. In 1991 she established a top-selling real estate brokerage firm in the aggressive Sun Valley, Idaho, real estate market. In 2005 she sold her brokerage firm to devote her time to the development of the Nardagani Reading Program. When funding became a need for Nardagani, Narda created a successful window washing company (windowwisdom44.com), established an environmentally sustainable company to recycle food waste in local restaurants (WormOn.net) and created her own hand-blown glass art products (firewithinglass.com). Narda has a daughter and a son; both are successful, happy college students.


Karen Hartman - Business Management

Nardagani Business Manager 


Karen Hartman/Business Manager: Karen started a local fine-jewelry store in 2001. As the co-owner of a start-up company, she established a brand for the company, created marketing and public relations strategies, and managed a staff of 15. Within 14 years Karen had a multi-million-dollar business. She brings expertise in marketing, management and accounting to the Nardagani Reading Program. Karen has lived in the Wood River Valley for 25 years. She has two extraordinary daughters, ages 16 and 19.


Greg Travelstead - Strategy Advisor

Nardagani Advisor 


Greg Travelstead/Strategy Advisor: Greg has been a finance and management consultant for over 20 years, starting with Arthur Andersen LLP. He has lived and worked throughout the U.S., Europe and Australasia for large clients in property development, mining, and agriculture as well as start-up enterprises in telecommunications and manufacturing. Through his consulting firm, Evergreen Advisors LLC, Greg provides Nardagani with expertise in strategic planning and capital markets. Greg holds a B.S. in Geology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and an MBA from the University of Colorado at Boulder.


Ali Long - Advisor

Nardagani Supporter and Advocate 


Ali Long/Advisor: Ali is founder and director of the Local Food Alliance (LFA) and president and trustee of The Springcreek Foundation (TSF). Ali is a mother, conservationist and Impact Investor in Idaho. In these various capacities, Ali integrates social mindedness and environmental awareness, ever cognizant of the legacy and responsibility we will leave to our children. TSF aspires to strengthen our community through individual and collaborative grants and investments. The LFA’s mission is to create a healthy local food system and restore food security in the Wood River Valley. Ali has been committed professionally and personally to philanthropy promotion and education since 1996, and now focuses her professional energy on the synergistic reform of our food and financial systems in order to achieve a balanced global environmental and social system.


Jose Varela - Bilingual Nardagani Teacher

Nardagani Bilingual Teacher 


Jose Varela/Instructor: Jose has helped Narda develop the Spanish version of Nardagani. He has been testing and teaching our bilingual program at the Blaine County Detention Center since April 2013. Jose teaches the bilingual program to students of all ages. He was born in Mexico and moved to the United States to attend Montebello High School in L.A. in the mid-80’s. He owned Tropicana Travel Systems from 1993-2000. Jose has owned Miramar Restaurant in Hailey since 2003. He is the father of two lovely children, ages 9 and 12.


Fred Burmester - Advisor

Nardagani Supporter and Advocate 


Fred Burmester/Advisor: Fred has been an entrepreneur and master mason all his adult life. He has owned Stoneworks of Palm Beach, Fla., for over 30 years. In the early 1980s Fred sold commodities at the Chicago Board of Trade for two years. Fred owned a company called Water Wagon from 1982 to 1988. In 1979 Fred graduated from Maharishi School of Management, in Iowa, with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies.


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