When we think of Thanksgiving, most of us think of food. Pumpkin pies, mashed potatoes, roasted corn, and a plump stuffed turkey—it’s enough to make your mouth water just imagining it. But Thanksgiving isn’t just a feast. It’s also a creative cornucopia of ideas ripe...
Fall is the herald of an ending year, nature’s last colorful hurrah before the white blanket of winter wipes the slate clean. But for teachers and students who are just heading back to school, it is in many ways an exciting new beginning. As F. Scott Fitzgerald once...
For most young writers, finding the fun in writing means giving their imagination free reign to come up with something utterly fantastical and unique—or, sometimes, brilliantly ridiculous. Even students who may struggle with persuasive essays or nonfiction writing...
Summer is swiftly coming to a close. Before we know it, we’ll all be wading knee-deep through autumn leaves and picking out pumpkins to carve for decorations or dessert. For kids, fall is an especially exciting time of the year—a time of ghost stories and crackling...
Arr, matey! Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up soon—on September 20, to be exact—and you know what that means. It’s time to break out the feathered hats, red bandanas, plastic spyglasses and raise the black flag! Talk Like a Pirate Day is always a popular one among...
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