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channeled through poetry, music, and performing arts, to the most troublesome areas of language arts for that particular grade-level. The humor opens students’ minds to learning and also gives them an anchor point from which to recall the information, come test-taking time. Most importantly, IT WORKS – so well that CurricuLaughs now boasts more raving letters from principals than anything else in the COUNTRY! Boston’s Award-Winning Children’s Author, Jeff Nathan

Jeff is the creator of the nationally acclaimed CurricuLaughs in Common Core Language Arts programming for elementary and middle schools that uses heavy doses of HUMOR to attack language arts problem areas. He is also the creator of PunOETRY, a fun combination of puns and rhyming poetry in which word play is unobtrusively explained for young readers. Currently published in 3 countries, he travels internationally, using humor to educate. His school visit programming was just awarded the coveted Massachusetts STARS recognition for innovation in creative learning. Jeff was invited to perform at the 2013 International Reading Association Convention in San Antonio and was also asked to be the opening poet for their 16th annual International Reading Association Poetry Olio, which featured what they called, “12 of the country’s funniest children’s poetry acts.” He was also a featured presenter at Canada’s 38th Annual Reading for the love of it 2014 conference and has been keynote speaker for several US literacy events.