Professional writer/editor/researcher/journalist/web content writer

Irene Helen Zündel

General Background

I have twenty years experience as a parent, twelve years experience as a home-school teacher and tutor, and ten years experience (1999-present) as a successful freelance writer/editor/researcher/journalist/newsletter publisher/report writer/web content writer, publishing materials mostly related to education, child development, parenting and home-making.

I have also done independent, in-depth research and report writing on political topics such as right-wing extremism, terrorism and Islamo-fascism.

Accomplishments

I have published dozens of articles in mainstream and online magazines, including Birds and Blooms, Taste of Home, The Herb Companion, and the award-winning child development publication, Wonder Years.

My article, Cooking with Edible Flowers, was published on the Bon Apetit website, and was used in a segment on their Epicurious TV show.

I authored a book, “Make your Kid a Genius: Tools to Enhance your Child’s Learning from the Womb through College” and published an educational newsletter of the same name.

The book chronicled my personal experience of home-schooling my prematurely born son, expected to have developmental and learning lags, and who scored college-level proficiency in math and English by age 11.

The newsletter featured articles, author and expert interviews, and book and product reviews related to both home schooling and alternative learning modalities, such as the Montessori method, Super-learning and the Mozart Effect.

I have also done some writing for newspapers and commercial websites, and projects involving in-depth research and report writing on complex subjects such as terrorism and Islamo-fascism.

Over two-dozen samples of my work can be accessed on the website www.partnershipforlearning.org, by typing my last name, Zundel, into their search box.

To see some of my work in the award winning child-development magazine, Wonder Years, in PDF format, visit these links:

Toys for Two Year Olds

http://www.resa.net/early/WonderYears%20Newsletters/30-32%20months.pdf

Children and Hearing Loss

http://www.resa.net/early/WonderYears%20Newsletters/32-34%20months.pdf

Toys for Three Year Olds

http://www.resa.net/early/WonderYears%20Newsletters/34-36%20months.pdf

Getting Ready for Preschool

http://www.resa.net/early/WonderYears%20Newsletters/36%20to%2042mo.pdf

Pets and Learning

http://www.resa.net/early/WonderYears%20Newsletters/42%20to%2048mo.pdf

Preparing your Child to Learn Math

http://www.resa.net/early/WonderYears%20Newsletters/54%20to%2060mo.pdf

I have also had eight articles published by the Dollar Stretcher, on their website that gets 40,000 hits a week, and in their print newsletter, which has a circulation of 200,000.

Let’s Play with Edible Clay

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/01/010827g.cfm

Homemade Natural Products for Beautiful Hands

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/04/04aug16d.cfm

Clean and Freshen with Essential Oils

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/02/02sep09e.cfm

Fun and Frugal Things to Do with Toddlers

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/04/04apr12f.cfm

Fantastic Homemade Facial Masks

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/04/04jun28c.cfm

Super Skin

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/05/05jan31e.cfm

14 Frugal Food Rescuing Tips from Grandma

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/03/03dec15d.cfm

Playtime

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/07/07oct15f.cfm

As a public service, I have authored and distributed, free of charge, several educational booklets. (Topics include stuttering, epilepsy, noise pollution and autism.)

Here is my stuttering booklet, published on the website of Minnesota State University:

Kids Who Stutter

http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Infostuttering/zundel.htm

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