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Papers

  • "Drawing/Writing: A brain-based writing program designed to develop descriptive, analytical and inferential thinking skills at the elementary school level," 1990 dissertation, UMASS School of Education doctoral program:Amherst, MA.

Books and Hands-On Exercises

  • The Thinking Child: A handbook for parents: A quick overview of Neuroconstructivist theory and the 5-step Drawing/Writing practice. - downloadable pdf version
  • Excerpt from Drawing/Writing and the new literacy
    • "Preliminary Drawing/Writing" exercises
    • Drawing/Writing exercise from Families and Drawing: Marks and Mind
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  • Excerpts from Saving Literacy:
    • The Stages of Scribbling, page 74
    • The Stages of Drawing, page 75
    • Lesson Plans for a Marks-based Literacy Program, pages 138-139
    • Toward a Peaceable Kingdom, pages 223 - 230
  • Exercises from HandMade Marks:
    • Looking at Early marks: Cave Paintings and Searching for Meaning (wolves), page 92 - 93
    • Looking at Early marks: Cave Paintings and Searching for Meaning (lizard), page 94 - 95
    • Looking at Early marks: Cave Paintings and Searching for Meaning (spirals), page 96 - 97
    • Lesson Plans for a Marks-based Literacy Program, page 160
    • Warm-up exercises for parents , page 161
    • Lesson Plans, pages 174-175
    • Basic Scribbles
    • Basic Shapes
    • Printing the Alphabet:
      • A-I
      • J-S
      • S-Z








































































































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