Junior Nobel Peace Prize...

I would see if there is an "overall theme" in there, them try to break it down into a few major points with supporting ideas and or examples. ??

I agree with the suggestion of listing all her ideas and seeing which ones work together and include those in the paper. As far as curbing her ideas to make them more realistic? No way! Kids have such amazing imaginations and ideas at that age and think of the joy you will all get reading her paper years from now!

robin, don't be a creep. politicizing a child's wonderful project is just unnecessary. first of all, R., WAY TO GO to your awesome daughter! next, don't for a second curb that passion, and don't succumb to the temptation to guide her too much. but a little focus help is a good thing. first of all have write down her ideas. ask her to limit them to 10 at the very most. then have her arrange them in order of importance to her. then look at them again and have her arrange them in order of likelihood. after pondering the 2 lists, she can probably narrow her choices down to 2 or 3, maybe take one that she would most love to see happen, and one that she thinks has the most chance for realistic success.
what an exciting project. be sure to let us know how it turns out!
:) khairete
S.

Bravo to you and your little girl! Clearly she has inherited these wonderful values from you or she wouldn't be so excited about it. I would suggest giving her a free hand with her paper and let her put all her ideas down. Her ideas are realistic to her and the last thing you want to do is to dampen her enthusiasm. Let this be her project! It sounds like she's thinking "outside the box" which is maybe what we all need to do in order to promote peace. (Remember "out of the mouth of babes...") Does the school say she HAS to choose one idea? I hope not since we know there IS no one way to peace and we all have a role to play wherever and however each of us can. The important thing here is that she "gets" it and will continue to be an advocate for peace as she matures and as her ideas become more mature. Let her rip with it! Good luck and God-bless! From a grandmother who's been there. S.

R.,

Have her put all of her ideas in a list on a piece of paper and talk with her about each one. As she is talking, make a few notes on her ideas and see where there is "overlap". Then take those ideas that "overlap" and see what the "big ideas" are. Have her pick one "big idea" and go with it.

Too many ideas in one paper is going to be a mess. Have her organize her divergent ideas into categories and then pick one! Use a graphic organizer (you can make one or download a template) and go from there!

If she does the bulk of it tonight, then tomorrow can be editing and revising. Have the "templates" ready to go when she gets home this afternoon and if you already know most of her "ideas" go ahead and get those written down so she can get down to business this afternoon!

I have this problem all the time while writing essays for my college classes. Have her pick one or two of her favorite ideas. Less is more. If you put too many ideas into one essay, they can get lost in the shuffle. If she can't decided which ideas are her favorite have her write out a basic outline to see which ideas she can provide the most evidence for. Here is a basic outline format:
Introduction Paragraph- introduce the ideas she is writing about
Idea 1
A.
B.
C.
Idea 2
A.
B.
C.
Conclusion- Sum up her ideas
Good Luck!

peace in the middle east has been seriously overdone, why not do something
like a piece on pocahantas ?she risked her fathers wrath, who by the way
was the elected ruler of the pamunkey people, to keep the english settlers in food and shelter, and she did this for several years
K. h.

I would not tailor it to be more realistic. Unless talking about it is a teaching moment in which it feel appropriate to explain how things are to her. I would ask her to write about her favorite one!

I imagine it is difficult to choose a topic after the award was bastardized by giving it to obama.