About Us Educational Games of Excellence is a company that creates educational games, books, and e-learning content. Our mission is simple: -Find a way of helping children to learn phonics, reading, writing, spelling and grammar that is fun and easy. -Make learning fun for both the parents and children. -Help teachers in the classroom by providing simple tools that help students to be successful. The products we develop are there to help children to learn and to enjoy the act of learning. My name is Erika Dick and I created a number of educational games. We formed a company which focused on creating educational games that would help children to learn phonics, reading, writing, spelling and grammar. I have taught children for over 30 years in elementary school and high school. In elementary school I taught K-Gr. 3 and Special Education. In high school I taught English, Retailing, Marketing, and Physical Education Grades 9-12. I have also taught in vocational schools. In all of these years, while I was teaching, there is one important fact that I learned-the most important foundation for any child is to be able to read fluently and to enjoy reading and writing. Children who do not learn to read and write by the beginning of Grade 3 face many challenges and find it difficult to catch up. Last year, my grown children, who now had young children of their own, asked me to consider reviving our company, Educational Games of Excellence. A lot has changed over the past 20 years but some things remain the same. Children still have to learn phonics, reading, writing, spelling and grammar. Many children still have problems learning to read and write. The basics in early education have not changed. More parents are working and teachers are faced with more children in the classroom who need extra help. I decided to find a way to help parents and teachers to teach these fundamentals using the methods of the original games Top Story and Funny Phonics.
