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Writing Workshops for Kids
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Questions? Please Contact Mary-Lane
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2025, I Love To Write Camp
...for students entering grades 2nd through 8th in the fall
...for students entering grades 2nd through 8th in the fall
Explore the creative writing process without worrying about your grade! These workshops include experience with free writing of many types of writing and techniques to help your writing come alive. For students entering grades 2-8 (Younger and older students admitted case by case.)
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Session 1: Mon.-Thur. June 9-12 Session 2: Mon.-Thur. July 7-10 *Both sessions are the same. 10 a.m. to Noon Cost: $95 per session. ($25 Discount for each additional sibling) Location: Lakewood Middle School A Blue Valley Middle School 6601 Edgewater Drive Overland Park, KS 66223 Students improve their budding writing skills by WRITING for FUN! ...with hands-on guidance from a published author and experienced writing workshop leader.
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“Thank you so much! (my daughter) absolutely LOVED your camp… Thank you so much for all of your support and positive feedback!”
Diann Marolf
“When (my daughter) was telling friends about her summer, I was surprised to hear her say the most fun thing she did was writers camp! After all, we took her to Mexico, climbed ruins, played in the water, bought her stuff...”
Elizabeth Uppman
“I am hoping we see you next summer for your youth writers camp. As a teacher, you are such an inspiration. Your workshop fits so much with my idea of learning, which is that education should be about the love of learning, not a grade or test score. Furthermore, I am impressed with how much you focus on children’s strengths and foster a very positive learning environment so that your students feel more inclined to work hard, as well as to create.”
Valerie Gabrielli
"I was cleaning my son’s room and came across a bag with school papers in it. I took them out to see what to pitch, and maybe what to keep. I came across assignment papers, quickly glanced, and then stopped and reread. I thought, Wow! These are good assignments! I was impressed by his teacher. Then I realized they weren’t from his teacher; they were from your writing camp!"
Chad Rohrback
"I have been watching your website for weeks waiting for the dates to be posted. The camp came highly recommended by my friend's son. I know (my daughter) will have a great time and glean a new writing skill or two. Thank you for making the opportunity possible!
Lucy Aboudara
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I Love To Write
Written by camp director, Mary-Lane Kamberg, this book is an instructional, inspirational get-started guide to launch young students on the first stages of their journeys to become successful, self-motivated writers. It includes tips, techniques and activities – ideal for use in the classroom as well as individually. Targeted to grades 4-8, it may also appeal to younger and older writers, depending on their reading and writing skills. |
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The I Love To Write Stories Book
This is a practical guide that gives young writers ages 6 to 14 the tools they need to create their own fiction. It's an instructional and inspirational handbook that seeks to launch them on a journey to become successful, confident, and self-motivated writers. Topics include story structure, characterization, plot. beginnings, endings, and ways to enrich their stories by using the five senses, adding color and music, and other techniques. It also covers time-proven methods to revise and proofread to make stories sing. The instruction and activities in the book were developed by the author for the Kansas City Writers Group's I Love to Write summer camps for children in grades K-8. Featuring many practical tips, techniques, and activities, the book is ideal for use by individuals and in the home school or public or private school classroom. |
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The I Love to Write Poetry Book
This is a practical guide that gives young writers, ages 6 to 14, the tools they need to create their own poems. It's an instructional and inspirational handbook that launches them on a journey to becoming successful, confident, and self-motivated poets. Topics include rhyme, rhythm, repetition, imagery, line breaks, editing and publishing. It also introduces couplet, cinquain, diamante, shape poems, how-to poems, acrostic, apology, haiku, list, elegy, and free verse. |