Magical and heartwarming journal prompts about dreams and wishes make a great writing warm-up activity!
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College prep: Is writing on track?
Prepare your student for college by teaching and overseeing the lessons and adhering to deadlines.
4 expository essay writing prompts for high school
Invite teens to choose an expository prompt and explain how to start a collection, apply for a job, help storm victims, or avoid college debt.
Taming the Cluttered Writing Monster
Tips for repairing cluttered writing, disorganized writing, and wordiness.
Writing prompts about camping
Your children will have a blast writing about real or make-believe camping adventures!
Speech-writing tips for high school students
Teach teens rhetoric and composition with these speech-writing tips for prewriting, writing, and editing.
8 out-of-the-box college essay topics
Out-of-the-box college essay topics to help teens practice prepping for admission applications.
Children’s books and growing a reader
Enjoy these tips for fostering a reading culture in your home. Love for books starts young!
Teen June writing prompt calendar
This June printable writing prompt calendar gives teens daily practice with 5 different types of writing.
June writing prompt calendar
With 20 writing prompts for grades 3-8, this free printable calendar gives you a daily journal topic for the whole month of June.
More tips for stronger papers
With a few focused efforts, your teen’s essays and research papers will rise to the challenge.
10 tips to improve your child’s reading skills
Build reading skills using audio books, reading contests, learning games, and more!
Book review writing prompts for high school students
Writing prompts that help teens write about literary style, characters, author voice, and more.
6 Mother’s Day writing prompts
Mother’s Day prompts invite kids to describe mom’s personality, hobby, talents, or favorite jewelry.
7 tips for teaching free verse poetry
These tips help you gain confidence teaching teens to distinguish free verse poetry from prose.