User:Vtaylor/Writing non-fiction for kids


 * start with thing (object, structure), think (idea, concept), life (activity/project)
 * suggestions
 * improve e4k stories > more engaging
 * balance facts, depth, length of piece, learn more
 * format - pictures, captions, headings, links, readability
 * granularity - focus - pretty tight, ? group
 * activities - sidebar
 * critter logo - frog ? Mo (More..)
 * engineering idea - highlight technical at end

questions
 * middle school readers - pictures, text length, focus, attention
 * assignments/ retrieval > search, link, hierarchy, keyword, category, index

some resources Pascal's law (water can't be squished so the more pressure applied to it, the faster it leaves a pipe...yawn) becomes interesting and relevant to a 10-year-old when you write about it as the science behind squirt guns and Super Soakers. See? Even the physics of hydraulics
 * Eleven tips - Fiona Bayrock YESMag, KNOW, Odyssey, WILD, Highlights for Children, Smart Writers Journal, kidmagwriters.com, Institute of Children's Literature