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Manisha Shelley Kaura – The Author of  Vocab Tunes

She has dedicated her life to helping children learn English faster and more effectively. She is a grad student and the author of 5 books with more on the way. Manisha has worked hard as an advocate for educational reform in Michigan and Ohio. This is a short story about the birth of Vocab Tunes.

Manisha and her Father

The creation of Vocab Tunes started with Manisha’s love of words and the annoyance she felt toward the way her school was trying to teach English vocabulary to her and her classmates.

She asked her father, S. R. Kaura MD., for help. They began to study the language of English together. At first, the goal was to make sense of her homework but quickly turned into a passion.

Manisha says, “We started intensively studying both etymology and the languages themselves, and we acquired excellent reading and writing efficiency in both ancient Greek and Latin. Then we were able to compile several manuscripts. There were just notes. My impressions as a student, and his impressions as a parent. So for us, it was mainly an intensive reading and studying process.”

From that process, and many years of work, Manisha’s first set of books, Rockin Root Words were published. It is no surprise that she went on to Ohio State University with a linguistics scholarship.

What started as a daughter and father studying English together has evolved into a company in which the daughter’s the CEO and dad’s the president. And, what some might consider drudgery, Dr. Kaura cherishes as a family memory. “We worked on the book for more than 10 years—vacations, holidays and weekends.”

Manisha’s books have been successful. From receiving the Gary Lynch – Quality, Excellence and Design award, to being translated in 4 languages.

Manisha Shelly Kaura the author of Vocab Tunes and her father Dr. Kaura

Manisha recalls one of her proudest moments: “I spent one summer working at the Punjabi Board of Education. They were actually using my book, and I saw the little girls studying from my book.”

“It’s my life’s passion. It’s something I plan on dedicating my life to. I’d like to see ‘Vocab Tunes’ improve test scores and help overcome the inequities we see in teaching and parents. A lot of in-need children don’t have parents they can have a close relationship with,” says Manisha.

Currently, Manisha is an advocate for educational reform in Michigan and Ohio. She is on the National Honors Society, is a teacher and mentor and an international speaker. She is studying to become a doctor at Xavier University in Ohio.

Thanks & gratitude image and excerts of interview from author Michael Shawn, Xavier. EDU/Magazine

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We are honored to appear in many publications, in print and online

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By Tom Watkins – Vocab Tunes

  • Xavier Magazine

By Michael Shaw –  A Way With Words: Father and Daughter Team Create a Vocabulary Program

  • CBS Detroit –

Michigan Doc And His Daughter Launch New Program to Bolster Vocabulary

  • Market Wired –

Program Touts Learning 100,000 New Vocabulary Words in 21 Days

  • The Lantern –

By Ciara Kinzig – Ohio State freshman author making headway in education reform

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