Focused on project-based and independent learning, the workshops are led by an experienced instructor and help children with a passion for reading and writing to enhance their reading and writing literacy skills through different tasks and writing assignments. These workshops also help children celebrate their heritage culture and multilingual identities.

 

​What we provide:​

• Small groups of 5 students

• Different topics every month (e.g. “The Day I Woke Up With Superpowers”)

• Crafting activities 

• Fiction and non-fiction story writing 

• Fiction and non-fiction book and story discussion

• Reading and discussing stories written by an author important for a child's culture and language​​

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What we can help with:

After 8 sessions, your child will:

• Master the art of writing narrative stories

• Learn to expand sentences and develop detailed stories

• Discover the joy of reading and writing stories in various formats

• Learn to organize and present ideas clearly

• Identify main points and summarize them

• Celebrate cultural diversity through storytelling and writing tasks

• Improve decision-making and critical-thinking skills

• Develop comprehension and story structuring

• Learn advanced vocabulary, writing tips, and mechanics

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Who is leading the workshops?

An experienced instructor specialized in writing and storytelling with multilingual children. The instructor is an Education Doctoral candidate with a Master's degree in Teaching English as Second Language, 4 years of experience in tutoring elementary students, and 10 years of experience in college writing.

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Workshop Details:

• Duration: 1.5 hours

• Format: In-person sessions

• 4 sessions: $200

• 8 sessions: $350

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Who can participate?

Kids ages 8-10 years

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ENROLLING FOR JUNE

Topic: "The Day I Woke Up with Superpowers"

Location: Lincoln Park Library

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