Richard Flowers, A.A., B.S., M.S.,A.S., C.T., has been an award winning, full time, working, certified teacher since 1989 and has taught various age groups in all subjects. His research in how children learn has led him to develop unique and innovative teaching techniques that utilize the ways people naturally learn. Richard is not just a philosophical theoretician,but he uses his techniques teaching everyday in his classroom so he knows that it works! "The man who can make hard things easy is the educator" Ralph Waldo Emerson He uses the principles of Howard Gardner and multiple intelligences combined with the reverse design process of McTighe and Wiggins to facilitate true and deep understanding in his students. He is influenced by the work of Dr. William Glasser and the importance of meeting the basic human needs of belonging, power, freedom, friendship, fun and safety. He uses integrated thematic instruction combined with music, rhythm, drama, role playing, art, crafts, memory systems, chants, acronyms, acrostics, musical phonograms, utilizing power reading words and phrases, musical lyrics and piggy back songs to develop learning and intelligence.