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Hello! My name is Heather Ordover and I’m an award winning University and New York high school teacher, mother of two sons, online-education specialist, writer, podcast producer and Cognitive Anchoring coach. My company specializes in media and Audiobooks-With-Benefits™ – treating literature and history with a light touch and serious enthusiasm.
Top 15 podcast
Annotated 24+ books
Author of 3 books
Top 15 podcast
Annotated 24+ books
Author of 3 books
Over 4,5 Million downloads
Over 4,5 Million downloads
Announced 520 episodes
Twice awarded teacher
My Books
YA Fiction & Knitting Pattern series
Along with writing for several online masters-level courses in education, I treat knitting, literature, and history with a light touch and serious enthusiasm here in my books What Would Madame Defarge Knit?, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?, and Grounded: The Seven, book 1.
Grounded: The Seven series (seen in Vogue Knitting, Winter 2013-14), I bring young adult literature a set of teen protagonists who are smart, independent, and unique – yet aren’t estranged from the adult world. Reviews from adults—and gratifyingly, from teens – have noted the difference from other main-stream teen fare and have become devoted fans of Rosie (and her socks).
With the What Would Madame Defarge Knit? series, I brought together a team of ascendant designers who – with their engaging essays and clever, beautifully wrought knit and crochet patterns – have given joy and inspiration to a devoted cross-section of the crafting world.
I am happy to sign any books in which I’ve played a role at the end of any class or engagement.
Heather Ordover Books
I travel to read my books and to sign them
Grounded The Seven, book 1
Audiobook Podcast
I record voice overs and audiobooks from my home studio
In addition to writing for education, I have written and recorded essays for Cast-On in my home studio: A Podcast for Knitters and currently hosts my own long-running, online podcast, CraftLit: A Podcast for Crafters Who Love Books and its sister show, Just the Books. My crafty writing has appeared in Spin-Off, WeaveZine, and The Arizona Daily Star.
I have been bringing Audiobooks-with-Benefits™ to listeners every week since 2006, giving commuters, SAHMs, and busy people of all stripes a chance to enjoy the books they know they should have read – but haven’t (yet) – in a homespun, friendly format.
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Pattern Classes
Technique Classes
Pattern Classes
Technique Classes
Cognitive Anchoring Training
training about
benefits of automatic-hand-activities
Finally there is solid research being done on the topic of Cognitive Anchoring and the benefits to attention and memory derived from engaging in simple, automatic behaviors like knitting and doodling. I travel around the country, inspiring meeting-goers, students, military veterans, and families of ADD children to pick up the needles, hook, or pen, and improve their memory and happiness.
Never again will you be forced to blushingly put away your knitting when a supervisor looks down upon you and says, “When you’re ready to pay attention…” as though you’d been cracking gum and telling and off-color joke.
Oh, no. My talk on Cognitive Anchoring will give you the data you need to fight back and proudly hold up your sticks and string at meetings, knowing full-well that you’re remembering nearly 30% more than the poor slob who’s bored bored bored next to you.
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