NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN WITHOUT ECLIPSE GLASSES! Events like the solar eclipse can be a great inspiration for creative writing, no matter how old you are. For younger students, there are quite a few nursery rhymes that mention the Sun or Moon, like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Hey Diddle Diddle. The first is a rhyme, while the second is a nonsensical verse. Materials needed: Copies of lyrics of the above songs, paper and pencils or pens Your friends, family and classmates can help you identify the rhyming words in a nursery rhyme like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. A rhyme is a correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry. Using what you learned about rhyming words, you can write your own rhyming verse about the eclipse. Your friends, family and classmates can help you identify the nonsensical parts in a nursery rhyme like Hey Diddle Diddle. Nonsencial means it doesn’t have to make sense…