Newton Kid's Writing Blogs
Listen to Children's Writing:
Young Writer's Society - Dedicated to scribes between the ages of 13 and 25, Young Writer's Society is the world's largest website for young writers. The members-only community encourages submissions and offers tips that will help anyone become a better writer.
Writing.com - Boasting resources for everyone from a novie writer to scribes with a
masters degree in writing, this online writing community is a great place to store and display your work online. Free memberships are available to all.
MIT OCW - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers a number of free college-level writing courses through their OpenCourseWare program. You can see the full listing of courses at this website. - Writer's Digest - Although this website isn't specifically designed for young writers, it is a fantastic resource for anyone who wants to learn how to write better. Site features include blogs, community forums, writing tips, creative writing prompts and guidelines to getting published.
- Center for the Book in the Library of Congress: Starting in 1984, the Center for the Book in the Library began to establish affiliate centers in the 50 states.
- Letters about Literature: Books have wings. You can’t see them, but they are there just the same. On books’ wings, readers can soar to new places where they meet intriguing characters and experience exciting adventures. But a book’s wings can also help a reader rise above difficult situations — like peer pressure, bullying or prejudice, or to cope with disappointment and loss.
Past 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.