Eat like a champ Take a shower when you smell Quit acting like a dumb kid Don’t bother your mom Don’t bother your sister Stay in school By Tucker, 7th grade
Listen now, Listen to the wind whistling by the window, Listen to the T.V.’s muffled talking swinging out my mom’s room, Listen to the water dripping in the bathroom sink– how quietly it drips, Listen, every now and then the door softly shakes. How annoying that gets. By Javon, 3rd grade
If there is a cat on your head scream If there is a feather in your spaghetti laugh If there are ants in your pants freak out If there is love in your heart pass it on. By Johana, 4th grade
The good news is that my mom bought me new boots, but the bad news is that they didn’t fit me. The good news is that the sun came out, but the bad news is that they didn’t let me go outside. The good news is that my dad has a pretty wallet, but the [...]
Do I have to be good? Do I have to be nice? Do I have to eat with a napkin in my lap?Do I have to behave? Do I have to talk with difficult words? Do I have to dress nice? Do I have to walk straight? Do I have to obey people? Do I [...]
It’s beginning to look a lot like… holiday madness Moms going crazy Kids out of their minds Dads clueless Some snow mixed with desperation Mistletoe Credit cards It’s beginning…. By Ben, 7th grade
Did you ever want to make an animated movie? Using the Xtranormal Movie Maker, now you can. Simply choose your characters, type out the dialogue, and watch. Have fun!
Picking perfect pumpkins out of a sea of orange carving a wicked smile and lighting it with a candle The sun is down now the moon shining white all my friends dressed up like the Green Lantern and Spiderman Soon we’ll have bags full of lollipops, gum, and candy, candy, candy This holiday is my [...]
Every year my mom drags us to a pumpkin patch so we can get our picture taken. “Smile!” she tells us. “Smile better!” she commands. “We’re not leaving here until I get some good pictures!” she yells. So, my brother and I show the whites of our teeth and try to look happy about being [...]
“Aidan, your mom and I are enrolling you in summer school.” “Awwww, Man!” “But you’ll get to have the funnest teacher on the planet!” “Awesome!” “Well, at least you’ll get her the last 2 days of the summer–that’s when she gets back from maternity leave.” “Awwww, Man!” “But the substitute, Ms. Ruler, gets very strong [...]
Here are some fun poetry games made just for kids: 1) The Funny Poem Machine is a mad-lib type of application. Fill in a short list of questions–crazy adjective, awesome verb, etc. And the machine will give pack a poem guaranteed to make you laugh. 2) The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) provides an [...]
Way at night when you are asleep And you are way done counting jumping sheep Your nose jumps down into your jeep It drives around, collecting smells from lights, posts, signs, and bells, and from rocks and stones and limestone shells It may get off at Target or the Gap to lure those smells into [...]
Ingredients: 2 cups green goop 1 tablespoon squishy mud 1 teaspoon gravel 1 cup of water from a tree 1/2 cup of a man’s red beard 1 squiggle from the sun 1 1/2 cup paper Instructions: 1. Go to the beach. Collect lots of seaweed. Squeeze into a container until you have 2 cups. (If [...]
When I wake up on Friday morning there’s a dance in my step cuz I know it’s almost the weekend and I’m really full of pep I run out of the front door and all the way to school not thinking of my homework just feeling really cool I hope you woke up happy but [...]
Inside My Brain To get inside my brain, you have to explode the Grand Canyon, fly around the universe 60,000 times in 3 months, smell my stinky socks for 500 days, play tug-of-war with a gorilla (and win!), sleep on my spaceship, climb Mount Everest, tie yourself to my rocket that’s blasting off to Mars [...]
