Margaret B. Stern died peacefully on July 4, 2019, at the age of 99 at Ginger Cove in Annapolis, where she had resided since 2003.
Born in Brooklyn in 1920, daughter of Jeanne Mordorf and Preston R. Bassett, she lived in New York City and Rochester, VT. She received her BA from Wellesley College, 1942, and later her MA from Bank Street College of Education.
A pioneer in teaching students with learning differences, Margaret tutored, consulted and gave workshops throughout the United States and Europe, encouraging teachers to broaden their understanding of how children learn to read and do arithmetic. She collaborated with Dr. Catherine B. Stern and Toni S. Gould on developing and publishing the Structural Arithmetic and Structural Reading methods and later wrote a series of teacher guides illustrated by John Roberts of Rochester, that is still published today.
She received the Orton Dyslexia Society Award in 1989 and the Bank Street College of Education Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in the Field of Education in 1998.
She first came to Rochester, VT in 1926 when her parents visited their friends, Herbert and Rilla Allen. In 1939, the Bassetts purchased the farm on North Hollow Road and the family continues to be part-time residents to this day. Peggy sang in the choir at the Federated Church as regularly as she could throughout her life and enjoyed the Rochester Chamber Music Society concerts. She loved consulting with teachers at the Rochester Elementary School about helping children have fun and insight as they learned arithmetic.
She found Rochester to be a special place that brought family and friends together and bound the generations to one another in a shared love of nature and home. She was a naturalist at heart and enjoyed noticing flowers and birds on her walks. She took delight in sketching and painting the landscapes around her in Vermont and wherever she traveled.
She was predeceased by her parents and two of her three her brothers, Preston R. Bassett Jr. and Allen Bassett.
Born in Brooklyn in 1920, daughter of Jeanne Mordorf and Preston R. Bassett, she lived in New York City and Rochester, VT. She received her BA from Wellesley College, 1942, and later her MA from Bank Street College of Education.
A pioneer in teaching students with learning differences, Margaret tutored, consulted and gave workshops throughout the United States and Europe, encouraging teachers to broaden their understanding of how children learn to read and do arithmetic. She collaborated with Dr. Catherine B. Stern and Toni S. Gould on developing and publishing the Structural Arithmetic and Structural Reading methods and later wrote a series of teacher guides illustrated by John Roberts of Rochester, that is still published today.
She received the Orton Dyslexia Society Award in 1989 and the Bank Street College of Education Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in the Field of Education in 1998.
She first came to Rochester, VT in 1926 when her parents visited their friends, Herbert and Rilla Allen. In 1939, the Bassetts purchased the farm on North Hollow Road and the family continues to be part-time residents to this day. Peggy sang in the choir at the Federated Church as regularly as she could throughout her life and enjoyed the Rochester Chamber Music Society concerts. She loved consulting with teachers at the Rochester Elementary School about helping children have fun and insight as they learned arithmetic.
She found Rochester to be a special place that brought family and friends together and bound the generations to one another in a shared love of nature and home. She was a naturalist at heart and enjoyed noticing flowers and birds on her walks. She took delight in sketching and painting the landscapes around her in Vermont and wherever she traveled.
She was predeceased by her parents and two of her three her brothers, Preston R. Bassett Jr. and Allen Bassett.
Margaret B. Stern died peacefully on July 4, 2019, at the age of 99 at Ginger Cove in Annapolis, where she had resided since 2003.
Born in Brooklyn in 1920, daughter of Jeanne Mordorf and Preston R. Bassett, she lived in New York City and Rochester, VT. She received her BA from Wellesley College, 1942, and later her MA from Bank Street College of Education.
A pioneer in teaching students with learning differences, Margaret tutored, consulted and gave workshops throughout the United States and Europe, encouraging teachers to broaden their understanding of how children learn to read and do arithmetic. She collaborated with Dr. Catherine B. Stern and Toni S. Gould on developing and publishing the Structural Arithmetic and Structural Reading methods and later wrote a series of teacher guides illustrated by John Roberts of Rochester, that is still published today.
She received the Orton Dyslexia Society Award in 1989 and the Bank Street College of Education Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in the Field of Education in 1998.
She first came to Rochester, VT in 1926 when her parents visited their friends, Herbert and Rilla Allen. In 1939, the Bassetts purchased the farm on North Hollow Road and the family continues to be part-time residents to this day. Peggy sang in the choir at the Federated Church as regularly as she could throughout her life and enjoyed the Rochester Chamber Music Society concerts. She loved consulting with teachers at the Rochester Elementary School about helping children have fun and insight as they learned arithmetic.
She found Rochester to be a special place that brought family and friends together and bound the generations to one another in a shared love of nature and home. She was a naturalist at heart and enjoyed noticing flowers and birds on her walks. She took delight in sketching and painting the landscapes around her in Vermont and wherever she traveled.
She was predeceased by her parents and two of her three her brothers, Preston R. Bassett Jr. and Allen Bassett.
Born in Brooklyn in 1920, daughter of Jeanne Mordorf and Preston R. Bassett, she lived in New York City and Rochester, VT. She received her BA from Wellesley College, 1942, and later her MA from Bank Street College of Education.
A pioneer in teaching students with learning differences, Margaret tutored, consulted and gave workshops throughout the United States and Europe, encouraging teachers to broaden their understanding of how children learn to read and do arithmetic. She collaborated with Dr. Catherine B. Stern and Toni S. Gould on developing and publishing the Structural Arithmetic and Structural Reading methods and later wrote a series of teacher guides illustrated by John Roberts of Rochester, that is still published today.
She received the Orton Dyslexia Society Award in 1989 and the Bank Street College of Education Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in the Field of Education in 1998.
She first came to Rochester, VT in 1926 when her parents visited their friends, Herbert and Rilla Allen. In 1939, the Bassetts purchased the farm on North Hollow Road and the family continues to be part-time residents to this day. Peggy sang in the choir at the Federated Church as regularly as she could throughout her life and enjoyed the Rochester Chamber Music Society concerts. She loved consulting with teachers at the Rochester Elementary School about helping children have fun and insight as they learned arithmetic.
She found Rochester to be a special place that brought family and friends together and bound the generations to one another in a shared love of nature and home. She was a naturalist at heart and enjoyed noticing flowers and birds on her walks. She took delight in sketching and painting the landscapes around her in Vermont and wherever she traveled.
She was predeceased by her parents and two of her three her brothers, Preston R. Bassett Jr. and Allen Bassett.
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