Poetry in Paint

ideas for you

Getting involved with the Second Story is simple. You can either email or call us (see contact page). However, creative writing does not begin and end with the Second Story. There are many ways you can engage in creative writing, such as visiting some of our recommended writing based websites. You can find writing games and a list of other fun and interactive creative exercises and activities on our multimedia page.

what you can do

Parents are more than welcome to share and engage with our programs. We believe that parents and families help form an essential foundation for kids that can encourage them to write and think creatively. Parents and family members can elect their kids to join Second Story and track their child’s creative writing development through the web and in print. We encourage parents to check out some of the links below that help facilitate creative learning and writing for students while outside of the classroom.

This website offers helpful tips for parents and teachers alike on how to teach writing skills to children. The site provides ideas to jumpstart fun and interesting writing activities for kids. Just click here.

In addition to offering useful advice for getting your kids engaged in writing, this site provides writing prompts, creative ideas for writing activities, and links to other helpful sites. Just click here.

resources

We believe teachers play a considerable role in students idea of creative writing. We encourage teachers to search for diverse ways to attract students to creative writing. We also welcome advice and suggestions that teachers may have concerning writing methods. Below are links where teachers can find the tools they need to start generating ideas for creative writing.

Teachers can find choice-inspired writing prompts for daily writing in journals or notebooks on this site. The site offers unique and dynamic ways of looking at reading and writing, offering a “writing about reading” section, where teachers can find ways of increasing their use of effective literacy strategies for students.
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While this site offers writing activities mainly for parents and kids, teachers can also explore and potentially incorporate some of the prompts and exercises into their curriculum. The site provides other links for creative writing ideas for teachers, parents, and students alike. Just click here.