Schuylerville’s 4th grade students had the unique opportunity to meet Joseph Bruchac, a celebrated poet, author, and Native American storyteller. Bruchac, a proud citizen of the Nulhegan Band of the ...

Hurricane Michael hit one year ago, but the memories of that day are still fresh in the minds of children. "I was huddled in a room with all of my family and all of my pets and we kept on hearing ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — According to the dictionary, a Poetry Slam is a competition using elimination rounds for the reading of poetry. Recently, Explore Community School in East Nashville held its ...

Whether it’s crisp cash or fresh grass covered in morning dew, 10-year-old Jett Bittner knows green. The fourth grader at Plum’s O’Block Elementary School recently placed first in Allegheny County and ...

Writing a touching tribute to his homeland, a Springfield 4th grader has won top honors in a statewide poetry contest. Nhat H. Nguyen, a student at Mary M. Walsh Elementary School, submitted his poem, ...

The children — Muslim, Jewish and Christian — sat crossed-legged, shoulder-to-shoulder Wednesday morning brainstorming ways to practice charity. “Smiling!” a young boy called out. “Helping someone ...

As they learn how writers revise their work and use literary devices, the students gear up for a school assembly led by Australian rap star Nelson Dialect When superstar Taylor Swift writes a song, ...

The fourth graders in Jeremy Lowe’s class at Atlanta’s Parkside Elementary School are on a tight deadline. They have only five minutes to write a dramatic “warm-up play” with characters, a setting, ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Greg Pincus, who lives in Los Angeles, California. He says he has been ...

San Diego teacher Amy Glancy thought she’d prepared her fourth-grade students for the day’s language arts lesson. She knew there was a land mine in the poem she planned to read, but she considered it ...