An Inspired Self-Portrait Lesson Plan for Elementary School Students
Once upon a time (according to Lewis Carroll), a Caterpillar asked a little girl named Alice a very important question: “Who are you?” Alice admitted that she had no idea—she’d changed so much in just one day, she wasn’t sure she was even herself anymore. Kids tend to...
4 Tips for Teaching Elementary School Students to be Effective Writers
Writing is building, but with words. Showing your students how to write gives them the tools to build a strong foundation. Helping them figure out how to write well is how you help them create castles and skyscrapers and anything else they can imagine. Keeping these...
Imaginative Ideas for How to Teach Poetry to Elementary Students
Poetry is one of those things that looks so much easier to create than it actually is. Especially to novice writers, it may appear to be nothing more than a handful of broken lines, so much shorter than an essay and, therefore, so much easier to write—until, of...