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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.)