It looks like times are tough for everyone. We are all looking to cut corners since as money becomes more and more scarce. Some of those cut corners might include the extra programs and lessons we try to provide for our children to give them the challenges and nurturing that they need.
While we may to cut back on all those activities, we don't have to stop providing our kids with challenging and nurturing opportunities. Here are a couple things for creative kids:
While we may to cut back on all those activities, we don't have to stop providing our kids with challenging and nurturing opportunities. Here are a couple things for creative kids:
- Publish your book with KidPub
This is great for kids who love to read and write. Here's what KidPub has to say: "At KidPub, we believe that writing is a fundamental life skill and a key to success later in life. By publishing kids' stories to a worldwide audience we create excitement about writing and reading. As a popular author once said, 'Writers write.' We don't criticize, analyze, correct, or evaluate children's stories. It's the act of writing that is important. The more a kid writes, the more comfortable it becomes. Posting stories on KidPub builds confidence and self-esteem in our young authors."
- Stone Soup
Stone Soup is "the only magazine made up entirely of the creative work of children. Young people from all over the world contribute their stories, poems, book reviews, and art work to Stone Soup."
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a great chance for kids to enjoy a community of writers. There’s a special set of message boards for kids and they can set their own word goal for the month (the adult word goal is 50,000 words).
ywp.nanowrimo.org
Stone Soup gets tons of submissions for every one they accept, so don’t get your hopes too high.
You might also consider writing letters to the editor of the various Cricket magazines and/or participating in their contests. Those magazines are Lady Bug, Spider, Cricket, and Cicada. (They also have Baby Bug, but I don’t think there are contests or letters.)
You can give your child their own blog to publish their writing for family members to see. If you’re concerned about them being on the internet, you can limit the access and also moderate all comments.
Trust me when I say that as a year-old member, I find Kidpub to be one of the greatest websites ever created for children: not only does it present an oppurionity for children to publish their books, poems, etc. but also presents the idea that writing can be fun, and not stressful.
I totally agree with Xavier. I am also a KidPubbian and I am hooked!!!! KidPub is such a great website!!!