Write Christmas Stories with a Twist! What’s this? A ragged fir tree helps a stranger on a cold night? A weary homeless man discovers a wallet full of money outside a bakery? A bad-tempered candy maker finds a magic candy cane and disappears into a snow globe? What...
Cultivating gratitude in children and encouraging thankful hearts will teach them to be “others focused,” not just at Thanksgiving, but all year long.
Ways to encourage children to express thankfulness and appreciation
Play descriptive guessing games, write jingles, and respond to photo writing prompts!
Summer is a season of travel, a time of sandy beaches, hypnotic sunshine, stamped tickets, and the excited laughter of children visiting out-of-the-ordinary places. Summer vacations---and the summer months---fill our minds with those moments of wonder and imagination...
Quotation marks. You know---those pesky little punctuation marks your kid carefully positions smack-dab above the period, hoping you won’t notice his indecision. Fret no more! Here's a helpful little tutorial on how to use quotation marks at the end of a...
I was a hands-on homeschooler. I loved lesson-planning, teaching, and learning alongside my kids. But now and then, and for various reasons, we participated in outside classes. Often, I was the one who gathered a group of children and taught a four-week art class, a...
The children who are beta testing the upcoming WriteShop Junior series have been learning about the writing process: Brainstorming Rough draft Editing and revising Final draft They've enjoyed watching our book covers go through this process too, and it's helped them...
After a busy week in the classroom, Friday evenings were a quiet, delightful treat: Delightful because I got to curl up on my living room couch, with cookies and tea, and read through my students' journals. Delightful because the brightly colored pocket folders held...
Humphrey the Cat belongs to author Nancy I. Sanders. he has his own writing blog, Writing According to Humphrey, where he shares helpful writing tips. From time to time, I'll feature some of his articles here (with permission from Nancy, of course). Today we get to...
Today's homeschoolers are finding that the use of technology and applications (apps) meld seamlessly with traditional textbooks and other educational tools. The following applications can be found in the Apple iTunes store. While these are paid apps, the fee...
