Newton Kid's Writing Contests
You probably read a lot, but have you thought of writing a story of your own?
Put the Planets in Order!
Now the solar system include 11 planets including 3 dwarf planets (see the underlined below). How to help kids remember these planets in order of the distance from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Eris.
National Geographic KIDS just held a contest for a new easy-to-remember (meaningful) slogan to help kids (and adults) sort out the order of planets in our new solar system. The following is an example given by the magazine: My very excellent mother can jump slowly under Nelly's plastic elephant.
Here are the three of our entries:
1) My very early morning came just six useful naps past eight (morning naps);
2) Mint vanilla egg muffins could just serve UN's pastry eaters (food);
3) Many very eager mice can jump slowly under neighbor's party entrance;
The winning new mnemonic is from Maryn Smith (age 10):
"My very exciting magic carpet just sailed under nine palace elephants."
Here are the topics we are writing about right now:
For Newton Kid:
1) My Family is Going to the Mars
2) My Dad Lost His Job
3) Get Over the Hedge of (My School... My Neighbor's Garden)?
4) Open Season: My Own Story...
5) My Collection of Dreams
For Newton Dad & Mom:
1) You are My Shining Star?
2) Life on Mars: will you come with me to Mars?
3) Peter Harris: Harry Potter's Best Friend
Get your parent's permission, to write the title of your story on the subject line, and enter any email address (or info@newtonkid.com) if you don't want to leave your name.