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7 Free Writing Lessons for December

25 Nov 202212 Dec 2022
Here is a free download with 7 writing lessons for December taken from Write Something Every Day. This set covers: Reviewing the best book read this year. Writing from impact.…
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How to Tell Stories to Children ~ Free eBook

24 Oct 202225 Oct 2022
Sara Cone Bryant wrote children's books in the 1900s, but among her best-known works are those that encourage storytelling. We covered her Stories to Tell to Children; this time we'll…
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Stories to Tell to Children ~ Free eBook

17 Oct 202218 Oct 2022
Sara Cone Bryant wrote children's books in the 1900s, but among her best-known works are those that encourage storytelling. Stories to Tell to Children not only includes a list of…
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5 Tips for Teaching Writing

12 Oct 202212 Oct 2022
You have your children writing something every day. Great! Now let's refine the process. Here our five tips for teaching writing. First, we really don't "teach" writing. This is one…
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Write Something Every Day ~ New Book

5 Oct 202215 Oct 2022
We are excited to announce the release of our first book — Write Something Every Day: 366 Pencil Sharpeners for Students of Writing. One of the best pieces of advice…
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Aldine Speller ~ Free eBooks

26 Sep 202226 Sep 2022
We've covered spelling quite a bit. The main key to spelling is simply to focus on spelling. A student will be unlikely to remember how to spell words outside of…
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10 Favorite How-Tos {2021–2022}

1 Aug 2022
Ten reader-favorite How-Tos from the archives: 1. Skill Subjects vs. Content Subjects {The Key to Simplifying} 2. Beechick Basics 3. 8 Ways to Easily Teach Art Appreciation 4. Get Started…
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Activity: Words That Describe

26 Apr 20229 Nov 2022
One of the best ways to become a good writer is by making it a practice to read good writing. If you want to take this to the next level,…
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20 Common Idioms ~ Free Form

6 Apr 20227 Jul 2022
Don't Paint Yourself Into a Corner One way to interact with literature is to identify idioms. An easy way to do this is to create an idiom notebook. Grab our…
Activities

Activity: Storytelling Prompts

9 Mar 20229 Nov 2022
Storytelling is a great way to dip a toe into creative writing. It borrows from narrating, and redirects the process from retelling the story of someone else to telling your…
Activities

Activity: Rhyming Couplets

16 Sep 202111 Nov 2022
Over time we will be adding activities that focus on helping your child/student write something every day. Let's start off with something really simple: rhyming couplets. Rhyming couplets are two…
Activities

Activity: Storytelling

26 Aug 20212 Feb 2023
There are many benefits to learning the art of storytelling. And storytelling is one of those "soft skills" our children will want to take with them into life. Here are…
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Picture Match ~ Free Interactive

19 Aug 202114 Jul 2022
Whether you are looking for an easy way to ease into a new school year or starting fresh, this free Picture Match interactive at ReadWriteThink.org is a great way to…
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10 Favorite How-Tos {2020–2021}

16 Aug 202125 Jul 2022
Ten reader-favorite How-Tos from the archives: 1. Skill Subjects vs. Content Subjects {The Key to Simplifying} 2. Beechick Basics 3. 8 Ways to Easily Teach Art Appreciation 4. Teach a…
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Spoonerisms: A Wordplay Unit Study

22 Jul 202112 Jul 2022
Sir, you have tasted two whole worms.... Poor William Archibald Spooner! Highly respected for his scholarship in philosophy, divinity, and ancient history and appreciated for his kind, dutiful manner —…
How-To

Interacting With Literature: Idioms

19 Apr 202114 Jul 2022
Idioms are figures of speech that we hear or use every day that are not meant to be taken literally. They make it easy to say something in a meaningful…
How-To

10 Favorite How-Tos {2019–2020}

20 Jul 202030 Jun 2022
Ten favorite How-Tos from the archives: 1. Skill Subjects vs. Content Subjects {The Key to Simplifying}     2. Teach a Child to Read: The Natural Way   3. Language…
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Memorizing: Yes, It Does Have Its Uses! ~ 5 Things to Memorize

15 Jan 20201 Nov 2022
Love it or hate it memorizing does have its uses:   Do you remember the last time you memorized something — even a phone number? With technology ever at our…
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A Year of Beautiful Thoughts {Free eBook}

30 Dec 20195 Jan 2023
Here is a wonderful (and free) book of poetry set up to provide one Scripture verse, one illustrative story or quote, and one related poem for each day of the…
Online Poetry Anthology

“Thanksgiving” by Henry Coyle

14 Nov 20195 Nov 2022
We thank Thee, Father, for Thy care,For countless blessings that we share;For all life's trials, pains and pleasures,And all its labors and its treasures! We thank Thee for Thy blessed…
Online Poetry Anthology

“Song — The Owl” by Tennyson

7 Nov 201913 Oct 2022
I. When cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the…
How-To

5 Natural Ways to Improve Listening Skills

23 Oct 201911 Oct 2022
No question, listening is a skill that comes more easily to some of us than it does to others. Nevertheless, listening is a skill that is increasingly more highly valued…
How-To

10 Steps to Writing a Research Paper

25 Sep 201911 Nov 2022
Putting together a research paper is the culmination of a student's previous experience: skills, interests, and writing background. Writing a research paper can appear daunting, but it doesn't have to…
How-To

10 Steps to Build a Better Speller

18 Sep 201929 Jan 2023
We all know the drill: Memorize your weekly spelling word list, ace the test, promptly delete that information — sometimes permanently! If you were one of those students who could…
How-To

14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Poetry

14 May 201911 Nov 2022
Writing poetry may seem like an odd place to start when encouraging a young writer, but some students will find it an easier task than many other forms of writing.…
The Finds

Persuasion Map for Persuasive Essays {Free Interactive}

22 Apr 201928 Jun 2022
Here is another great tool at ReadWriteThink.org: A free persuasion map interactive that walks a student through the process of creating a persuasive essay. The interactive is easy and intuitive…

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Four Great Americans ~ Free eBook

Four Great Americans ~ Free eBook

Four Great Americans contains biographies of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln. Free.

6 Feb 202331 Jan 2023
100 Best Books for Children ~ Aikin

100 Best Books for Children ~ Aikin

Number 51 on The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover are stories from Evenings at Home by Aikin.

2 Feb 20235 Feb 2023
Presidents Day Update {Free Unit}

Presidents Day Update {Free Unit}

We have updated our Presidents Day Holiday Helps page, a free unit study, for 2023.

1 Feb 202328 Jan 2023
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    Edison’s Incandescent Light Bulb: A Unit Study
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    Interactive Number Chart {Free}
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    Free Nature Studies: Our Wonderful World
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    Lapbook Templates {Free}
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    8 Places to Find Children's Books in the Public Domain
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    Drawing Made Easy {Free eBook}
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