Teach Creative Writing to Make Money

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Before you know it, summer will be here. Now is the time to plan to teach creative writing to make money in the summer time.

Many parents work and would be happy knowing that their children’s brains are still working while they are off of school for three months. Creative writing lets a person’s mind wander, be productive all the while creating a story, poem or letter.

You could have the children start with a page in their journal when they arrive at your house. This way if you have more than one child in your creative writing class, one child can get started while you both wait for the rest of the creative writing class to arrive.

You could have one big project for the children to learn. Such as a children’s book. With the children’s book do research on how many pages and lines of words the children should have. Next, let the children put the pages in order. If you have a computer you can let the children choose the type of font they want to use to type up their story.

Now let the children illustrate their book. You can give them the option of drawing the pictures or using the computer to create their pictures. If you have quite a few children, you will have to have them draw their own pictures or you won’t have time for each child to draw on one computer. You may let the kids create the pictures at their home as homework if they have a computer.

The next project could be a poem. Have the child write a poem about summer. Tell the child to write what the child feels and sees during the summer.

You can advertise by letting the school know ahead of time that you will offer a creative writing class over the summer. If the school allows, make up a lot of fliers so that the school can hand them out and send them home with the children. Advertise in the newspaper and at all local businesses.

You may want to plan on charging the same fee a babysitter in your area would. This way you will have the children for about two hours and the parents know that it is the same price as if their child or children were sitting in front of a TV at the babysitters. You will definitely get creative writing customers with this price.

Have each child bring loose leaf paper and a spiral notebook for their creative writing journal.

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Invest in Your Child's College Future

Invest wisely in your child's college future

It is that time of year again and many college kids are going back to school. With the state of the economy it is harder and harder for college-aged kids to get student loans. Due to this situation, college kids are asking their parents to co-sign for a loan. Do not fall into this trap! If you are a parent and co-sign for your child’s loan he or she will end up paying around 12% interest on this type of loan.

A better option is to take out a PLUS loan. You, as a parent, will take out the PLUS loan in your name or names. The PLUS loan is only averaging around 8.5% interest rate. This is a HUGE savings for your child. With the cost of books, food, school supplies, clothes, etc., you will be helping out your child immensely. The two or three of you can come up with some type of plan where your child pays you back weekly or monthly if you so choose.

If your child or children are not in college yet but will be within the next five years, make sure that you are invested in a fixed-interest option or options instead of stocks. The market is just too risky at this time.

If you have a 529 college savings plan, go over your plan with the person you hired to invest for you. Go over this plan very carefully so you do not lose any more money. The 529 college savings plan has lost a lot of money in the past few years as well as other college savings plans. You can help to prevent anymore loss by going over this with the person you hired.

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College Kid Jobs--Dog Wash

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If your son or daughter is out of college for the summer and cannot find a job, dog washing is the perfect job. Every Friday your college kid can advertise a dog wash.

The dog wash can be outside at your house. Make the time from 8:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m. Some people like to start their day early and get things done so they will want to drop their dog off at your house. While other people need to work all day and do not get home until 5:00 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. If your college kid stays open until 6:00 p.m. the customer still has a chance to make it to your house.

Your college kid can set up the backyard to use the hose and a few buckets of warm water. Also, for large dogs a small kiddie pool works fantastic to wash dogs. Make sure you have good dog shampoo for the dogs and you may even want to invest in whitening shampoo for white dogs. The shampoo does not have to be expensive. You can get good dog shampoo at discount stores such as Wal-Mart.

If you know how to sew, you can create small cute bandanas for the dogs once they are all fresh and clean. This is a nice added touch to give the dog back to the owner with.

Make sure you charge enough to make some money. You could charge $6.00 to $10.00 per dog wash depending on where you live. Check to see the prices with competitive groomers to see what they charge and fix your rate accordingly. You will want to charge less as you will not be trimming nails or cutting the dog’s hair.

To get started hand out brochures, tell your neighbors, and hang up signs at the local stores in your town.

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