"Take My Word For It!" - creative writing for kids

TED Talk Tuesday: Michelle Obama's plea for education

Every Tuesday we bring you a TED Talk on education we find especially thought-provoking. How do we learn best? Where does creativity come from? How can we become a more educated world?

In this video, Michelle Obama speaks at the London girl's school, urging them to take education seriously as they hold the opportunities of the future.

Enjoy!

 

Where would you go with this? Creative writing prompt

Our creative writing challenge to you is to look at the image we post below and see where it may take you and your pen.

Let your imagination wander freely! Please feel free to share the stories, poems, and musings that were spurred on by this week's photo in the Comment section below!

Happy writing!

 

Why Not Write Wednesdays? Creative Writing Prompt

Some Wednesdays we challenge you to pick up your pen and indulge your budding author self with our writing activity. See where your imagination takes you, and feel free to share your ideas in the Comment section!

Think working in Hollywood would be cool? Some writers end up working on your favorite movies and TV shows! Try your hand at writing a script. After you've got your screenplay ready, find a video camera and go out and make it!

TED Talk Tuesday: The child-driven education

Every Tuesday we bring you a TED Talk on education we find especially thought-provoking. How do we learn best? Where does creativity come from? How can we become a more educated world?

In this video, Sugata Mitra talks about the lack of education in the countries that need it most, and the way kids using the web is revolutionizing teaching.

Enjoy!

Where would you go with this? Creative writing prompt

Our creative writing challenge to you is to look at the image we post below and see where it may take you and your pen.

Let your imagination wander freely! Please feel free to share the stories, poems, and musings that were spurred on by this week's photo in the Comment section below!

Happy writing!

 

TMWFI Partners with NaNoWriMo to bring Novel Writing Curriculum to Fall Classes!

This fall we’re partnering again with the nationally renowned program NaNoWriMo to present their novel writing curriculum!  NaNoWriMo’s fun, seat-of-your-pants creative writing challenge invites kids to take on the process of writing a novel. They determine their own word-count goal and along the way learn about character development, plot, setting, dialogue and the like. The ultimate goal - completing and editing their own original tale and also accomplishing a major feat they can crow about!

Last year our kids constructed some of the most creative and outstanding work we’ve seen, and we couldn’t be more excited bring back the NaNoWriMo curriculum.

Register for fall after school classes here...