Sign up for all 5 days and save! Use code W17-YX03 MONDAY: Percy Jackson Greek Theatre TUESDAY: How to...Write Your Own Book! WEDNESDAY: Let's PLAY! THURSDAY: Magical Beasts FRIDAY: Bienvenidos - Fun With Spanish If you would like to make a request for an accommodation, please email us at accommodation@wab.org at least 10 days prior […]
Ages: 7-9 Spiderwick is not the only keeper of a Notebook to Magical Beings; you can be one too! You will create your own Field Guide complete with illustrations, stories, and identification details. When we aren’t busy working on our books, we will listen to fantastical stories, play magical games, and design and build fairy […]
Ages: 7-9 How do we know magical beings are about? Where do we find them and when? Using a Notebook of Magical Beings you create yourself for recording your discoveries, we will explore local gardens at RMSC and the George Eastman Museum (where someone almost always spots a fairy!). You will have the opportunity to […]
Ages: 5-7 Wish you could travel around the world? At Writers & Books you can! Come listen to stories and poems from cultures near and far—we’ll read fairy tales from various cultures ranging from Europe to Africa to Asia! Each day we will explore and experience a bit of different cultures, do crafts, and even […]
Ages: 5-7 Be a change maker! We each have the power to make the world a better place, one action at a time. And stories, true and fictional, have the power to guide us. This class will help us learn about the heroes among us, at all levels of society and in different times, and […]
Ages: 5-7 If you want to explore the Spanish language in a fun and creative way, this is the course for you! We will learn the language through songs, games, stories, outdoor play, and multimedia. In addition, a walking field trip to the public market will help us learn and review our colors and food […]
Ages: 5-7 Have you read every single Elephant and Piggie book there is? Did you let Pigeon drive the bus? Mo Willems has been delighting young readers for more than a dozen years with books like Knuffle Bunny, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, and his popular Elephant and Piggie series. These stories are full of personality and we […]
Ages: 5-7 Take part in wonderful magical adventures from the Magic Tree House series. Join Annie and Jack as they solve problems, help people, and travel around the world and through time. Through our exploration of the Magic Tree House books, we might visit China, the Swiss Alps, or the Australian outback! Like Annie and Jack, we will learn […]
To register please visit mag.rochester.edu/classes Registration for this camp opens April 14. Ages: 7-9 In this exciting collaboration between Writers & Books and the Creative Workshop at the Memorial Art Gallery, you’ll create your own characters and explore your own story ideas while learning at the hand of master teaching artists: a writer and a […]
Ages: 6-11 Bring a friend or make a friend in this workshop where you will write your own book. You and a friend will pair up to share stories, painting, drawing, and your own writing. Each day a new book will be introduced. You will learn many authors’ craft techniques such as: how to write a […]
Ages: 7-9 Take part in wonderful magical adventures from the Magic Tree House Merlin Mission series! Join Annie and Jack as they solve problems, help people, and travel around the world and through time. We might visit China, the Swiss Alps, or Egypt. Like Annie and Jack, we will learn about the animals and people we […]
Do you like to doodle? Do you love to play with words? We’ll read poems, examine fun poetic devices like onomatopoeia and alliteration and make our own colorful drawings! We’ll also create concrete poems, where the words take a shape on the page!
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Are stories constantly running through your imagination? Get your ideas out of your head and onto paper! This camp will give you fresh ideas and creative tools for starting your own story or continuing work on one you have already begun.
The art of storytelling is important for confidence in any presentation. We’ll use theatre games to introduce skills needed to perform and engage an audience. We will practice a variety of techniques to deliver a story: voice, body language, and facial expressions.
Students will make three unique books during this workshop: a Kaleidoscope book that opens like a fan or a DNA Helix, a Flag book that has a series of pages that interweave, and a pop-up book that has parts that move with the action of turning the pages. We’ll choose beautiful papers for the covers, […]
This class will help us learn about the heroes among us, at all levels of society and in different times, and encourage us to stretch our“social good” muscles by reading age-appropriate biographies and doing engaging projects. We’ll embody our power to make a difference in our community!
(ALL DAY: for ages 7-9) All work and no play makes for a dull writer. Come stretch your language brain in this camp where we will uncover the magic in words! We’ll write anagrams and palindromes, or find many little words within one big word. We will play games like Boggle, Scrabble, Taboo, or Hangman, […]
(MORNINGS: for ages 7-9) Do you like to pretend to be other people or to put yourself into someone else's life and experiences? Through games and age-appropriate scene work, young actors will investigate the various tools used in developing character work for performance. Students will will form a cohesive ensemble, and learn to trust themselves […]
(AFTERNOONS: for ages 7-9) Superheroes aren’t just in the movies and comic books, they are everywhere: in your family, among your friends, in your neighborhood. This camp is inspired by the book Superheroes Are Everywhere by Kamala Harris. Before Kamala Harris became a district attorney and then a United States senator, she was a little […]
(ALL DAY: for ages 7-9) In this exciting collaboration between Writers & Books and the Creative Workshop at the Memorial Art Gallery, you’ll create your own characters and explore your own story ideas while learning at the hand of master teaching artists: a writer and a visual artist. You’ll learn the tools of the trade—how […]
(MORNINGS: for ages 5-7) If you want to explore the Spanish language in a fun and creative way, this is the camp for you! We will learn the language through songs, games, stories, outdoor play, and multimedia. In addition, a walking field trip to the public market will help us learn and review our colors […]
(AFTERNOONS: for ages 5-7) Wish you could travel around the world? At Writers & Books you can! Come listen to stories and poems from cultures near and far—we’ll read fairy tales from various cultures ranging from Europe to Africa to Asia! Each day we will explore and experience a bit of different cultures, do crafts, […]
(AFTERNOONS: for ages 7-9) This camp is not about dragons, it is about writing, artwork, and trying to get published! Are you a serious writer or artist who would like to see your work in print? This camp provides a real opportunity for advanced students to have work considered for publication in The Magic Dragon, […]
(MORNINGS: for ages 5-7) If you are a fan of the Little House Books or TV show, you’ve probably wondered what it would be like to live long ago. Maybe you’ve even wondered what kids in the future will think was interesting about your life as a kid today. We’ll engage in some of the […]
(AFTERNOONS: for ages 5-7) Take part in wonderful adventures from the Magic Tree House series. Join Annie and Jack as they solve problems, help people, and travel around the world and through time. Through our exploration of the Magic Tree House books, we might visit China, the Swiss Alps, or the Australian Outback! We’ll even […]
(MORNINGS: for ages 5-7) Get to know...YOU, through the great world of books. Stories can help us to take a closer look at our own thoughts and feelings and to appreciate moments of joy and face moments of challenge. We’ll read stories together as a group, create art, and use creative movement to understand and […]
(AFTERNOONS: ages 5-7) Rhythm, rhyme, bright descriptions, thoughtful words! Studying poetry can inspire children to love language, help build literacy, and deepen empathy. By reading aloud as a group and studying poetry, children will learn how to express their emotions. We will explore poems for children by a range of authors and experiences—like Nikki Grimes, […]
