"Take My Word For It!" - creative writing for kids

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Long-awaited Summer Camp 2012 Info!

Check out our 4 new weeks of camps in SF in July!

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Here's our Creative Writing Camp Lineup for 2012! 

(Read full descriptions of each camp at the bottom of this camp page.)

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Camp Websites by Active Network

Camps at Seesaw in San Francisco

All camps are from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm. Kids ages 8 - 12.

(Read full descriptions of each camp at the bottom of this camp page.)

Peanut Butter & the Pen - Food Writing for Kids!^©

July 9th - 13th

Grammar-ama and The Punctuation Party^© 

July 16th- 20th

Stamps and Letters^© 

July 23rd - 27th

Take Flight!^©

July 30th - August 3rd

Location: 600A Octavia Street, Hayes Valley, San Francisco

Cost: $230 per camper, 10% off for each sibling registrant.  

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Camp at 18 Reasons in San Francisco 

^{What Would the Big Bad Wolf Make for Supper? A Fairtytale Food Romp©}

 June 18th - June 22nd  (1 week)  M-F, 9:00-12:15,  Kids ages 8 - 12

We're going to re-imagine beloved fairytales using food as a central theme. Of course, to do that we'll be eating food and learning to use metaphor, simile and other writing tools to write about all things edible.

Location: 18 Reasons, 3674 18th Street, in the Misson District

Cost: $250 per camper,  10% discount to children of 18 Reasons members, 10% off for each sibling registrant. Tuition includes a journal and pen and snacks.

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Camps at Classroom Matters, 2436 Sacramento St. in Berkeley

(Read full descriptions of each camp at the bottom of this camp page.)

Stamps and Letters^©

July 30 - August 3  (1 week)  M-F, 9:00-4:00  Kids ages 8 - 12

Bedtime Story: Write & Illustrate Your Own Children's Book^©

August 6 - 10  ( 1 week) M-F, 9:00 - 4:00  Kids ages 8 - 12

Cost: $350 per camper for 9 am - 4 pm. After- care until 5pm for $25 extra per week.

Tuition includes a journal and pen, snacks and art materials.

 

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Camp Websites by Active Network

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Classes at Piedmont Parks and Recreation

for kids 9 years old and up

Parents who want to register for Piedmont camps can do so through their online catalogue at http://www.ci.piedmont.ca.us/recreation/catalog.shtml * Tuition includes a journal and pen, snacks and for full day camps, art materials.

* Please note, the catalogue prices are not correct. When you click into their registration software you'll see the correct prices.

Peanut Butter & the Pen - Food Writing for Kids!^©

June 18-22 (1 week)  M-F, 9:00-12:00

Grammar-ama and The Punctuation Party^© 

July 9-13 (1 week)  M-F, 9:00-12:00

Stamps and Letters^© 

July 16-20 (1 week)  M-F, 9:00-12:00

Take Flight!^© 

July 23-27 (1 week)  M-F, 9:00-4:00

Bedtime Story: Write & Illustrate Your Own Children's Book^© 

July 30-August 3 (1 week)  M-F, 9:00-4:00

Found Treasures & Scavenger Hunts^© 

August 6-10 (1 week)  M-F, 9:00-4:00

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Camp Descriptions:

Peanut Butter & the Pen - Food Writing for Kids!^©

Do you have an appetite for writing? Then come join us for Peanut Butter and the Pen – our unique food writing class for kids. We'll taste food, read excerpts from some of literature's greatest writing in praise of food, and explore tantalizing ways to describe all things edible. Then we'll write love letters to our favorite foods, food mysteries and more!

Stamps and Letters^©

What is to become of the hand written letter? We’ll practice the (almost lost) art of letter writing, make mail art, have fun with rubber-stamping and then mail our creations to strange and distant lands.

Bedtime Story: Write & Illustrate Your Own Children's Book^©

Come in with a notebook, a pencil and your imagination and leave with an original children’s book. We’ll learn the building blocks for creating an engaging story for younger readers (K – 2), and after exploring different illustration techniques, create original illustrations.

Grammar-ama and The Punctuation Party^© 

Brushing up on writing mechanics should never be boring! Take our Dangling Modifier Dare and join our Participle Parade. Our take on commas and conjunctions will tickle your funny bone and leave you wanting more!

Take Flight!^© 

Using art and creative writing we'll explore flight – flights of fancy, the flight of the bumble bee, the first airplane flight, space flight, the flight of Cupid’s arrow, and more. Come fly with us!

What is our camp day like? 

Half day camps:

We'll spend each day with paper and pencil, immersing ourselves in words centered around the camp theme. Our writing activities are designed to spark kids' imaginations and include solo and collaborative writing projects. Camp culminates in a reading and art exhibit for parents and friends at the end of the week. Plus, we'll read writing by well-known authors, edit, painting, snack, erase, gab, read stories, as well as admire and share our work.

Full day camps:

We'll spend half of each day with paper and pencil, immersing ourselves in words centered around the camp theme. Our writing activities are designed to spark kids' imaginations and include solo and collaborative writing projects. The other half of the day we'll interpret that same theme using visual art, exploring a range of mediums. Camp culminates in a reading and art exhibit for parents and friends at the end of the week.

Plus, we'll read writing by well-known authors, look at art by famous artists and have fun drawing, writing, editing, painting, snacking, erasing, gabbing, reading stories, as well as admiring and sharing our work.

Teaching art for our full day camps this summer are two artists, Angela Baker, and Laurie Croft.

Angela has a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Columbus College of Art and Design, with an emphasis in painting and drawing. Since 2001 Angela has been teaching both in-school and after school visual art classes with established San Francisco arts organizations such as Leap…imagination in Learning, ArtSpan and the San Francisco Arts Education Project. Angela is also an exhibiting painter whose work has been showcased in group and solo shows in Budapest, San Francisco and New York.

Laurie is an artist and art instructor at MOCHA (Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland) teaching classroom field trips and off-site Community Workshops curriculum and craft projects based on California Visual Arts standards. She was the designer of Flying Colors Ceramics sold nationally and  commissioned by the Guggenheim Museum to produce jewelry based on their permanent collection. Laurie has a BFA in painting from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and is currently taking Early Childhood Development classes at Merritt College. 

Creative writing will be taught by our wonderful instructors. Their bios are here.

 

What's Up With Our Summer Camp for 2012 ?

There have been numerous inquiries about our summer camp schedule. We are busy firming up all of the details so it's in the works and we will have specific details available soon.

In the meantime, please send an e-mail to admin@takemywordforit.net indicating:

- the name of your child

- his or her age

- whether you are interested in our East Bay or San Francisco-based camps

- what time frame and length of camp you're looking for (1st week of July, all day; third week of June, 1/2 day, etc.)

Stay tuned!

- The "Take My Word For It!" team