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Alice Waters, Pottery on the Hill, and people who are the best at what they do

Post Published November 27, 2017 by Sarah Cymrot

The lamps glowed and the audience sat, anticipating, as Alice Waters made her way up to the stage. She sat down, and the crowd of forty went silent. As she started to talk in her quiet calm voice, the...
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Writing Process: Sounding the Key Word Outline

Post Published November 4, 2017 by Erendira Ramirez-Ortega

Years ago, when I was doing contract negotiations for a small advertising agency, the CFO gave me some good advice at the start. Always know what you're talking about, she said.
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Resources for Teachers of Writing

Post Published September 7, 2017 by William Rubel

Here are just a few websites and programs that can be helpful for teaching creative writing for students. From lesson plans to book suggestions, these websites have a lot to offer for anyone who wants...
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Writing Activity: plot a story on a graph with the brilliant, funny “Shapes of Stories” talk by Kurt Vonnegut

Post Published July 1, 2017 by William Rubel

This writing activity is based on a very funny Kurt Vonnegut lecture on the shape of stories. In this project, students learn to develop compelling narratives by graphing the plots.
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Interview and Internet links for author Kate Messner

Post Published June 9, 2016 by Stone Soup Editors

This is a strong interview by Kate Messner for her book, Writing is Magic, or is it? Her message is simple and direct: writing is about revising. She talks about when she was a child thinking sh...
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How to Jump Start a Young Writer Who’s Running Into a Wall

Post Published March 22, 2016 by Erendira Ramirez-Ortega

I remember as a young writer in grammar school having to come up with my own ideas and topics to write about. In the 1980’s, this may have been a typical scenario, but as a homeschool mom, I am lear...
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Hands Deep in Art

Post Published March 21, 2016 by Amy Gibbs

I never want to know ahead of time which kids are “those” kids. When I walk into a classroom, ready to teach a unit on art, I don't want to know which kid is the one who falls off his chair to ent...
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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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Teaching Detail in Creative Writing by Kids: Observational Writing

Post Published May 21, 2015 by William Rubel

In the Collected Maxims of the German writer, W. G. Sebald (1944 –2001), he is credited with offering this advice to writers: ‘Significant detail’ enlivens otherwise mundane situations.
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Character, Plot, and Setting, Oh My! (Part 3)

Post Published April 11, 2014 by Jenn Stefaniak

Developing the Elements of a Story, Part 3 I can’t even count how many times I have read Thomas’s Christmas Delivery or Little Bear’s New Friend.
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