Sometimes, it is hard to get kids excited about writing, well who wouldn’t get excited by this guy? He shows you how to make a zine. That is, a mini magazine about the subject of your choice that you publish by photocopying one single page. Then you fold and cut it, making a mini booklet.
Yes, I showed this to a 4th and 5th grade reading class. I didn’t show them his address and I made sure they understood that we were not selling our zines at school. I know this is a little non-traditional. But I thought it was worth it to get the kids writing.
I’ve also made a few of these to swap on swap-bot. One of them is about making dotee dolls. I’ve had a lot of fun with my family friendly zines.
Smiles!
