Create a Letter Writing Kit to Help Kids Connect!
Children who write well have a lifelong advantage. In school, effective writing skills contribute to success across the curriculum and on a growing battery of standardized tests. Beyond the classroom, communication skills allow children to connect with others, share their experience, and ...
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What's Write for the Family
Photographs capture moments. Every family has pictures of births, first days of school, and graduations. Video records excerpts of life. A growing number of parents have footage of babies walking, birthday parties, and vacation events. But written words express a depth of thought that no ...
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When Is Poor Punctuation Okay?
"It wz d best of tImz, it wz d worst of tImz..." If Charles Dickens' classic first line had read like this, it's...
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De-stress the College Essay
College applications are stressful, and perhaps the most daunting aspect of the process is the dreaded "personal...
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Give Storytime a New Twist
Once upon a time, there were three monkeys. They lived in a big car. One day the driver said, "Let's drive to Mars."...
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Turn Your Child on to Journaling
Some of the world's brightest writers and thinkers kept journals, including Louisa May Alcott and Teddy Roosevelt. You...
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Encouraging Young Writers
Long before they go to school, before they even know the alphabet, children begin to write. In fact, for most children,...
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