by Laura Turpin | Jul 31, 2020 | Children's
Recently the St Croix Falls Festival Theatre hosted a writing contest for grown-ups. They asked people to write a play that 1 minute long, and they read the best ones aloud on YouTube. So I wondered: What would a 1-minute play festival for kids look like? So...
by Laura Turpin | Jul 10, 2020 | Children's
It can be fun to play with words! In this video, author Jason Reynolds challenges us to invent new words that mean something similar to words we already know. He turns “jump” into “updown”. I might turn “dandelion” into...
by Laura Turpin | Jul 3, 2020 | Children's
This week we’ll explore writing poetry. Erm, excuse me. “Poetry” is such a broad topic. This week we’ll explore rhyming, and poetry topics — what do you want to write a poem about? Take a blank piece of paper, and make a list. Write down...
by Laura Turpin | Jun 26, 2020 | Children's
Do you prefer pictures over words? Maybe you would prefer to write a comic strip! Here are several ways you can experiment with cartooning. Jarrett Lerner has some wonderful comic strip-drawing activities. You will have to scroll down to find half-drawn comics for you...
by Laura Turpin | Jun 22, 2020 | Children's
Here’s a fun storytelling activity! Have you ever folded and used a paper “fortune teller”? Here’s one you can use to tell a story instead! Print out the Fairytale Storyteller, cut it out, and fold it according to the directions. Then, choose...
