Language, Literacy and Storytelling

There are lots of theories about language acquisition and what is the best way to achieve it.  This post is about the three types of languag...

I have been home most of January writing and hanging out with my family.  As I get ready to go back on the road and start a mega tour, I...

I always use a microphone.  Always.  I have a pretty strong voice for speaking, and I can fill a space pretty well, but there is no need for...

I am spending the week in Mesa, AZ telling stories to wonderful groups of students.  Yesterday, after I arrived at the gig and before I'...

Sixth grade is a funky year for most kids.  It is a transitional year from childhood into the first blush of the ...

I spent a week in rural North Carolina teaching sixth graders about how to present themselves and speak clearly using Greek mythology as a m...

Stories for the third through fifth grade group are doing two very particular things.  The first and foremost thing that this group of stori...