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Post Published November 7, 2015 by Amy Gibbs

Grand Junction, Colorado is one of those western towns that can't really decide if it wants to be progressive or good ol' boy. Maybe the longtime residents just ignore us newbies (anyone who has been ...
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Can Boys Write About Girls, and Vice-Versa?

Post Published November 1, 2015 by Gerry Mandel

The standard advice for new writers — “Write what you know” — is good advice for all writers. When you write about what you know first hand, you have your own experiences to draw on.
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Gifted Soup: Thinking Outside of the Soup Pot

Post Published October 14, 2015 by Amy Barnes

Gifted Soup: Thinking Outside the Soup Pot I have always loved the story of stone soup creation. With two identified gifted kids, it has taken on new meanings for me as a parent.
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6 Steps to Raising a Bookworm

Post Published October 1, 2015 by Sara Keagle

My daughter loves to read. She does it all on her own, with no coaxing at all from me. Well … OK, that’s not exactly true. The thing is, she just doesn’t REALIZE she’s been coaxed into reading...
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Using Silence to Create a Mood

Post Published September 1, 2015 by Gerry Mandel

Every once in a while a story comes along that is unlike any other. Dancing Birds, the featured story from our September/October 2015 issue, is such a story. What makes it so special?
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Free Verse and Kids’ Poetry

Post Published August 8, 2015 by William Rubel

Most of the poetry we publish in Stone Soup is free verse. Free verse is the most prose-like form of poetry. It is very popular amongst adult poets and it is also very common in American schools.
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A Touching Story by a Boy

Post Published June 18, 2015 by Gerry Mandel

Maybe you’ve noticed. Stone Soup publishes more writing by girls than by boys. This is not intentional. We would love to include an equal number of contributions by boys and girls in every issue.
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Poem by a Child, Age 12, Published in 1913 in St. Nicholas Magazine

Post Published May 30, 2015 by William Rubel

This poem, A Song Of Home, is a poem written by a child age 12. Originally published in 1913 in the children's magazine St. Nicholas it is a poem from another time.
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Writing Activity: Adapting Story to Film

Post Published May 25, 2015 by William Rubel

I found a project through Twitter for teaching students to think like a filmmaker. The project, for grades 6 to 8, is written by Judy Storm Fink and is published at the NCTE website, readwritethink...
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