404.  Language Arts Activities Outside of School

Rozanne Gooding Silverwood, teacher of writing enrichment and Multi-media publication

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Resources

www.thehungrywriters.org – Rozanne Gooding Silverwood’s blog, information and resources about online publishing and publications, including links to submissions guidelines for a number of online and print publications for kids
Children’s librarians at the public libraries
Chinaberry Books – Good source of information on books for children
Hasbro – ZING, Cranium and other games

Cottonwood Press – Cottonwood Press publishes language arts idea books for educators
www.fanfiction.net – The “world’s largest fanfiction archive and forum where fanfic writers and readers around the globe gather to share their passion.”
Blogger.com – Google’s blogger – to create password protected weblogs.
Instantpublishing.com – self-publishing
Theater – always look for local performances, including high school offerings
Trust the Children: An Activity Guide for Homeschooling and Alternative Learning by Anna Kialoha, includes all kinds of activities for library visits and
 “Hysterically Funny Punctuation.” Note: this is out of print but used copies can be found at amazon.com.

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