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This time of year it is fun to color eggs. But have you ever colored words? Adjectives make nouns more interesting, like colors make plain eggs more interesting. You can color your words with this game. Clip five nouns from … Continue reading →

Nellie Fly is looking for news about kids helping the environment. She saw some kids cleaning up a playground in their neighborhood. “What a great idea!” thought Nellie. “I am going to interview these kids so I can write an … Continue reading →

The ripple effects of kindness starts with one person. One person compliments another, then that person holds a door open for someone and that person picks up a piece of litter and so on. Write something you could do to … Continue reading →

In most cases, to make a word into its plural you can simply add an “s” or an “es.” But some words are the same in both single and plural forms. The plural of octopus is octopuses—not octopi. Can you … Continue reading →

Our five senses are smell, sound, taste, sight and touch. Sometimes it is hard to find other words that describe these senses. Sit down with some friends or family members and see how many you can come up with in … Continue reading →

Does it feel good when someone says, thank you? Now you can do that for someone else! Look through today’s newspaper and find an article about someone helping others. Who is the article about? What did the person do that … Continue reading →

Everyone has an inner voice and hears positive or negative self-talk. Your self-talk might remind you to watch out for cars when crossing the street, or it might remind you to be careful when doing something new. Or your inner … Continue reading →

This is a fun way to help your young author write a story. Pick a picture of a place from the newspaper, it could be a street scene or a park or landscape. Cut out the picture and pin it … Continue reading →