by Craig Bergman | Mar 20, 2014 | Misc.
Neuroscientists say the best way to engage a student’s mind is to activate their brain’s primary cortices – visual, auditory, language production and motor – simultaneously. In English, this means activating all four of your child’s...
by Craig Bergman | Mar 20, 2014 | Misc.
by Craig Bergman | Apr 5, 2013 | Misc.
Writing gives children an experience of their unique power. It gives them an experience of knowing what their special qualities are, and in the process their writing improves. They develop an appreciation for reading. They pay more attention to words and new...
by Craig Bergman | Apr 5, 2013 | Misc.
If you teach writing to students at the 1st – 12th grade levels, you may: ·Want to make writing more fun for your students ·Wish you could make writing process workshops more productive and simple ·Wonder how to challenge your best writing students and motivate...
by Craig Bergman | Apr 5, 2013 | Misc.
Before there were movies, there were books to create movies in our imagination. Learning to write is really a matter of learning to see. The more visual the writing, the more the reader sees pictures popping into their head, and the more they want to...
by Craig Bergman | Mar 11, 2013 | Misc.
A quiet little 4th grade Korean girl wrote this in a creative writing class I’m teaching in the Beverly Hills School District. Still waters run deep. “A girl took a test. She messed up. So she left the room, fell down from the third floor, and a few days...
“Art of Writing” improves
kids’ writing skills. But it’s not
just about becoming a better
“writer.” It’s about students finding
a voice of their own, maybe even a
voice that speaks for many others.
This curriculum teaches kids simple
skills for expressing themselves
with clarity and conviction.
Learn the craft of creative writing.
Now is the perfect time to start. 