Creative ELA Online Classes

Creative ELA Online Classes

Dear Homeschoolers and Virtual Schoolers, Creative ELA online classes are open for registration! Are you in planning mode? Looking for ways to bring more writing into your kiddo’s day? Looking to save money on classes and resources? My list of classes for the new year is up, and there are so many fun, Creative ELA […]

Gratitude Practices for Children and Families

Gratitude Practices for Children and Families

You’ve probably heard people who regularly practice gratitude are happier. “Gratitude not only makes people feel good in the present, but it also increases the likelihood that people will function optimally and feel good in the future.” (Counting Blessings Versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life). Feeling grateful isn’t […]

Back to School Activities

Back to School Activities

The first week of school was always one of my favorite weeks to teach. We created routines, talked about what we were going to learn, shared our interests, and got to know each other. It was important my students and I used our first days together to set the stage for what was to come. […]

Creative Writing Prompts for Summer

Creative Writing Prompts for Summer

Summertime! Let’s grab our journals and see where our ideas take us! Creative writing prompts for summer can help us get started. Choose one or write about anything you want. The sunshine, summer rains, heat, and our summertime adventures can inspire us. The places we want to visit or things we’d like to are great […]

Creative Writing Summer Camps

Creative Writing Summer Camps

Summer means it’s time for camp. Have your kids taken a creative writing camp? Creative writing makes writing a lot more fun, and my creative writing summer camps are a wonderful way to play, learn, and practice writing. I love the flexibility of summer and having very few plans. It’s why I purposely keep my […]

Boredom Busters for Creative Teens

Boredom Busters for Creative Teens

My teenager loves to create. There’s rarely a day when she’s not making digital art, clay figurines, or doodling. When she’s in her art zone, life is good! When she’s not, boredom often sets in, and there is nothing to do becomes her mantra. Yesterday was one of these days. My daughter’s muse was on […]

Spring 2023

Spring 2023

No longer posting on IG or FB, I want a place to hold a few photos and thought you, Reader, might like to see what we’ve been up to. Here’s an old fashion blog post and a few updates. In March, we drove up to Lisle, IL, to check out Universal Technical Institute, where Clark […]

10 Ways to Help Students Revise & Edit Their Writing

10 Ways to Help Students Revise & Edit Their Writing

One of the hardest parts of the writing process is the process of revision. To revise or edit means to change, make alterations, and re-examine. We’re taught at an early age to do things the “right” way the first time, and in school, we’re taught the fewer corrections or red marks, the better. Revision also […]