creative writing

how to make poetry ROCK for kids (start now — it’s national poetry month!)

Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? It is. What does that even mean? It means that this month is all about celebrating …

I've been chatting up poetry all month long, since April is National Poetry Month. I've hit you with a few ways to make poetry rock for your …

Friends. It's summer, and if your kids are anything like mine, they want to be outside and they want to be at the pool. Or, okay. They want …

One of the greatest ways to get kids invested and interested in writing is to give them authentic reasons to write. When I was teaching high …

We've been dumped on. Big time. Tons of snow has kept us indoors for the last few days, save from the few hours …

As a longtime friend of PAL, Pets Add Life, I'm happy to share news about a cool opportunity for our students, …

Our Everyday Journal cards have proven to be a really incredible—and sneaky—way of getting the kids focused and thinking in a way that I’m not sure …

Last summer, Maddy came home from an overnight at her Aunt Mary's house dancing and singing about how Aunt Mary taught her to use chalk. Knowing …

Getting kids to write--especially in the summertime--is not an easy task. Granted, for some kiddos, writing is their thing. They journal, write …

This week, we officially began our Smart Summer 2012, a summer filled with fun learning, focused and free days, and a whole lot of …

We love our pooch, we really do. Sure, sometimes I say things to him that I wish I didn't. No, Maddy, I promise we'll never give Brady away, I …

We are huge magazine fans over here. We love finding them in the mailbox, reading them, playing detective with them, crafting with them, and …