Thriving in School

Kids have passions.  One common one is sports.  I often try to encourage writing around a child's particular area of interest.  Starting...

Picturing Writing is an art-and-literature based approach to writing developed by Beth Olshansky to meet the needs of stud...

The Hosmer student blog, Work With Wings , is a place where students can share their ideas, interests and creations. Take a look at what the...

Do you want to get you students excited about writing? Here is a great free resource mentioned by the tech chicks in their recent podcast ...

By now, I hope you have explored some free podcasts through the iTunes store. Perhaps you stumbled upon this one. Grammar Girls Quick and ...

How did we miss it this year? In case you are curious, National Handwriting Day was celebrated on January 23, John Hancock's birthday. ...

Do you ever wonder what kids would do if they ran the school? Well, here is one fifth grader's idea: Me as Principal What would I do i...

Microsoft Word enables you to have text in Word documents read aloud. When using the computers in the library and computer room, simply make...

Today is National Handwriting Day , in celebration of John Hancock's birthday. Take part by writing a note to someone in your own perso...

Would you like to improve your child's pencil skills in just minutes a day? Before starting homework, try a few Pencil Olympics (see Sch...

Pencil Olympics! No need for fancy items to practice hand skills needed for writing. Use the common everyday pencil! Pencil Olympics are few...

Little Pencils for Little Hands Have you ever tried to write with one of those BIG souvenir pencils? It's pretty unwieldy, isn't it?...