Kurt has been teaching Kindergarten since 1995. He has created his own original curriculum entitled "Rock and Roll Kindergarten" (www.rockandrollkindergarten.com), which implements new and exciting thematic units and activities.
Kurt's educational philosophy can be summed up in his popular Tedx talk "Occupy Kindergarten". View it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ye78F4Mnbk
Kurt is an NBC Crystal Apple award winner, SMMUSD Teacher of the Year, Franklin School Teacher of the Year, Google Certified Teacher and national lecturer who has presented his curriculum to over 20,000 teachers.
UCLA, B.A. Athropology 1993 Pepperdine University, M.A. Education 1996 Pepperdine University, M.B.A. 1998
Kurt lives and teaches in Santa Monica, Ca.
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Homeschool
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Numbers, Science, Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Art History, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Other (Arts), Drama, Other (Specialty), Accounting, Afro-American Studies, Art, For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, Anthropology, Cooking, Basic Reading, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Halloween, Presidents' Day, Informational Text