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Schools
Teachers and librarians know children learn better when they're motivated to do so, and Kids Can Publish University is designed to reward students for all their hard work by publishing the best entries monthly, letting the world know their efforts paid off! We encourage schools to make entering the monthly Kids Can Publish contest a frequent class project to keep students interested in writing, thus igniting a passion for a lifelong skill. (Yes, educators, this will make your job of "selling" good writing to your students much easier!) And best of all, it's FREE for the kids!
Kids Can Publish University helps teachers and librarians instill the love of writing in their students through contests, workshops, books, author visits, helpful tips and publishing opportunities - resources of which every school should take advantage! Some of these ventures are free, and others can be funded through grants! (Click here for grant writing info!)
Contests
Workshops
Author Visits
Teachers as Authors
Grant Writing Info
Curriculum Kits
Ideas for Teachers
Kids Can Publish inspirational stories and how-to book
Workshops:
The Kids Can Publish Workshop:
- Excites students about writing
- Educates children about real-life published child authors
- Gives kids and teachers tips on how to get published
- Brings the 12-year-old author of The Student from Zombie Island: Conquering the Rumor Monster into the classroom via DVD to talk about writing and publishing, and answer frequently asked questions
- Is the perfect adjunct to any writing assignment, in that students will WANT to write after attending this presentation. In addition, they will come to understand the importance of good writing skills - no matter what their goals in life are!
The Kids Can Publish Workshop is presented by Lynda Exley, award-winning journalist and editor for the SanTan Sun News, author, speaker and former editor of Arizona Parenting and Houston Parent magazines.
For information or to book a workshop, call 480-940-8181 or email info@FiveStarPublications.com
Grant Writing Workshops for Teachers and School Administrators:
Information coming soon!
Author Visits:
Kids Can Publish University, a subdivision of Five Star Publications, has access to authors from all over the country who are willing to come to your school and speak on a variety of subjects.
For more author information, visit:
www.FiveStarPublications.com
www.SchoolBookings.com
www.AuthorsandExperts.com
Grant Writing Info:
Is your school looking for money to fund the publication of a book as a class or school project? Click here for GRANT information.
In addition, send an email to info@FiveStarPublications.com describing your school's book project in detail and we'll try to help you shop for an organization willing to sponsor a scholarship on your behalf.
Ideas for Teachers:
Following are some fun writing ideas. Have your entire class participate in them during Get Caught Writing Week, and enter them in the Get Caught Writing Contest!
- Choose a current event from your local newspaper, and have all your students write an editorial on it! In addition to entering their editorials in the Get Caught Writing contest, send them into the newspaper to see which ones get published!
- Have your students interview senior citizens at a local nursing home to record their memoirs. After entering the memoirs in the Get Caught Writing contest, have students place them in folders and give them to the people they interviewed as gifts.
- Have children write book reviews of their favorite books. In addition to entering the review in the Get Caught Writing contest, have them do a collage of all their favorite parts of the book
- Have students research published child authors and either do a summary report on all the writers they discover, or choose a favorite one to write about.
- Have kids choose a school event such as a play, football game, chess competition, school spelling bee, etc., and write an article on the event. In addition to entering the article in the Get Caught Writing contest, send the articles into the neighborhood newspaper for possible publication.
- As a class project, choose a current topic and have students write well-supported editorials for the Opinion Page of your local newspaper. Have students check the newspaper daily to see which letters to the editor get published. Hint: This works best with non-daily neighborhood publications and smaller circulation papers that run opinion columns. It can also help if the teacher gives the newspaper a "heads-up" that students will be sending in their stories as part of a class project.
- Schools with a historic background should consider producing a book about the history of the school as a school or class project. The sky's the limit as to what can be included here! After publication, the book can be sold as a fundraiser.
For publication help, visit www.FiveStarExpressPress.com
For inspiration and guidance, click here!
For funding, click here for GRANT information and/or email info@FiveStarPublications.com describing your school's book project in detail and we'll help you shop for an organization willing to sponsor a scholarship on your behalf.
- Contact your local paper and suggest a Kids Opportunity Page, whereby the newspaper dedicates a certain amount of space to publishing children's writings and artwork each issue, weekly or monthly. Be sure to have kids' parents sign a permission slip saying it's okay to print their child's work and full name in the newspaper. Hint: This works best with non-daily neighborhood publications and smaller circulation papers that are hungry for content.
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