4 Growing Up Writing Prompts for Elementary Students
Some kids can’t wait to grow up. They look at all the things they can’t do yet and fantasize about the day they’ll be big enough to make their own decisions and live their own lives. Others want to stay kids forever. Like Peter Pan, they’re quite happy with the way...
Top 3 Free Creative Writing Resources for Elementary Teachers
Just like artists need their canvases and easels, we teachers need a few tools at our disposal to help us teach to the best of our abilities. And while we’d all love an unlimited budget with which to support our students’ limitless imaginations, many of us must make...
6 Historical Story Starters for Elementary Students
I’ve always found that the key to teaching history to elementary students is to tell it less like a textbook and more like a story. Put faces to names. Paint mental pictures to accompany those long-lost times and places. Don’t just ask your kids to memorize—encourage...