New thought

Necessity is the mother of invention. ~Plato

Sometimes seeing a problem leads one to find a creative solution.

I just found out my children's writing camp has a little snag. It seems that some of the kids who might want to join are signed up for something called, "Fun in the sun". It goes from 10:00-2:00 each day. That's not good, I thought. There is one little 6th grade student that seems to be really interested in writing, but she can't be in two places at the same time. What to do?!

This morning I gave the problem some thought and came up with a solution if she is willing to do her part.

I could give her the writing assignments that the group will be doing and let her do them at home. Why not? She doesn't have to be in the same room to write. if she has other friends with the same problem I could include them in the plan too. The only thing I would need from them is to see what they have written. I have actually been trying to think of a way to encourage kids to write creatively that doesn't require a building. This just might work!

Plato was right, necessity is the mother of invention.