Get ready to write your own seriously funny sports stories—the sillier, the better! Hilarious fill-in stories to create with friends and family using random words - Practice grammar , parts of speech, and reading aloud while having a blast with word games - Perfect for kids ages 5 to 10 for weekends, road trips, rainy days, after school, game nights, birthday parties, family vacations, and more - Family-friendly fun with good, clean silly stories and cute cartoon illustrations that kids love - Author Vicki Whiting , a former teacher, is the founder and president of Kid Scoop, an award-winning weekly educational page syndicated in over 200 newspapers - Illustrator Jeff Schinkel is the creative director of Kid Scoop, has been drawing his entire life, and attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco Have a blast with these side-splitting sports fill-ins! First, ask your friends and family for random parts of speech — nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more — without peeking at the story. Then, once you have all the words ready to go, use them to fill in the blanks within the story and get ready for the giggles! A great way to practice grammar while sharing lots of laughs, Sports Funny Fill-Ins for Kids is a must-have activity book to turn popular games and sporting events, including football, soccer, hockey, swimming, and all your favorites, into hilarious stories! Playing is easy! STEP 1. Ask a friend for random words. - STEP 2. Fill in the missing blanks. - STEP 3. Read the finished story. - STEP 4. Laugh hysterically! A fun and educational resource for kids, these silly build-your-own stories are great for game night with the family, slumber parties, rainy afternoons, or any time you need a laugh! Kids will improve their grammar skills, broaden their vocabulary, test their imagination, and build confidence as they write, read, and laugh with friends and family. Every hysterical story is enhanced by super engaging, full-color illustrations that kids will love by award-winning illustrator Jeff Schinkel. Sports Funny Fill-Ins for Kids is an addition to the award-winning series of fun activity books from the creative minds at Kid Scoop, a CA-based nonprofit organization dedicated to making learning fun for kids through interactive games, activities, puzzles. The perfect gift for parents of sports-loving kids ages 5-10 for stocking stuffers, Easter baskets, birthday party favors, or anytime, Sports Funny Fill-Ins for Kids will keep them laughing! " Funny Fill-Ins for Kids brings laughter to the building blocks of writing—the Parts of Speech. As children construct the sentences themselves, they discover how nouns, verbs, adjectives, and such actually work. A fun first step into grammar knowledge." —Ellen Creane, curriculum writer for The New York Times Newspaper in Education program The Sillier, The Better! Get ready to write some seriously funny sports stories! A great way for kids to practice grammar while sharing lots of laughs, Sports Funny Fill-Ins for Kids is a must-have activity book to turn popular games and sporting events, including football, soccer, hockey, swimming, and all your favorites, into hilarious stories! Have a blast asking friends and family for random parts of speech—including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more—without peeking at the story. Once you have all the words ready to go, use them to fill in the blanks within the story and get ready for the giggles! STEP 1. Ask a friend for random words. STEP 2. Fill in the missing blanks. STEP 3. Read the finished story. STEP 4. Laugh hysterically! " Funny Fill-Ins for Kids brings laughter to the building blocks of writing—the Parts of Speech. As children construct the sentences themselves, they discover how nouns, verbs, adjectives, and such actually work. A fun first step into grammar knowledge." —Ellen Creane, curriculum writer for The New York Times Newspaper in Education program Vicki Whiting , a former teacher, is founder and president of Kid Scoop , a weekly educational page aimed at children 5 to 10 years old. Syndicated in more than 250 newspapers from California to Bangkok, each Kid Scoop page provides information combined with colorful graphics and interactive games and puzzles. Kid Scoop News is a newspaper currently published in about 10 communities around the United States. Jeff Schinkel has loved to draw his whole life! As a kid, sometimes he was drawing when he should have been listening to the teacher in class. That's when he knew he should go to art school, where he would want to hear everything the teachers had to say! Jeff attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and now he loves teaching kids how to draw!