Wandering through the World of Words
Youth entering grades 5-8
With the beauty of the natural world all around us and the beauty of creativity within us, why not bring these together to see what brilliance unfolds?
That’s exactly what we will do!
In this weeklong workshop, we will explore creative writing (stories, poems, reader’s theater) and practice capturing our worlds in words to share with others. Participants will delve into elements of story and types of poem while engaging our senses, playing with plots, crafting characters, and using different creative means that inspire us. We will utilize our imaginations, creativity, ideas, and hearts to make magic happen on the page, and we will learn a little more about ourselves and others as we do this. Also, we will practice offering constructive feedback on the work of others and will revise our own work to help our words really sing! Participants should be ready to use their bodies and minds to interact with self, others, and nature as we wander through the wonderous world of words!
JaNay Brown-Wood, PhD, is an award-winning children’s author, educator, and scholar. She is an Assistant Professor at California State University, Sacramento in the Child and Adolescent Development Department. Her first picture book Imani’s Moon won the NAESP Children’s Book of the Year Award, and her second book Grandma’s Tiny House: A Counting Story! received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and won the CELI Read Aloud Book Award. She has several poems published including Falling Leaves in the poetry anthology Thanku: Poems of Gratitude a Chicago Public Library’s Best Informational Books for 2019, an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book, and a Notable Children’s Book for the Global Society. She has more than ten forthcoming books including Why Not You! with Ciara and Russell Wilson, Crayola: Follow That Line, Magic at your Fingertips (2022), Miguel’s Community Garden, Book #2 of the Where in the Garden a four-book series (2021, 2022, 2023) and Jam, Too (2023).
Learn more at: www.janaybrownwood.com