I design resources for youth workers, teachers and parents who think that teaching is interesting but learning is fascinating.

That means no short cuts, no easy answers to hard questions, no moralizing, no quick fixes. So if you're looking for those kinds of benefits . . . sorry.

Of course there are plenty of folks selling short cuts and simple answers. And why not? Because really, who has the time?

Who has the time? I'm sorry; I just think that's the wrong question.

I think there are better questions:

    Do you think kids learn better when we tell them what to believe and
    how to behave or when we skillfully engage them in their own learning?

   Do you really think kids learn at their best in environments where listening
    to an adult is twice — or three or four of five times — as important as
    talking while an adult listens?

    Are you convinced that an adult verbalizing a series of important points is
    genuinely more effective than an adult asking a series of important
    questions?

I certainly get it that most of us can't stop what we're doing and go create digital movies, short plays and group learning designs. What we can do is select (even demand) resources that engage kids as more than passive recipients of adult  wisdom.

The books, digital movies, comedic + dramatic scripts and group learning designs on these pages are among my best efforts to help thoughtful people create vigorous stimulus + response learning environments for the kids they serve.