City Newspaper Archives - 2/2007
Writing breaks for kids
Published by Craig Brownlie on Feb 13, 2007
Grades 1-3: "Read Around the World" with Sally Bittner Bonn --- Listen to stories and poems from cultures near and far, celebrating our diversity through literature. From the streets of Harlem to the mountains of Japan, to the tombs of Ancient Egypt, find the threads that tie us all together. Kids will create "deerskin" stories, learn the art of origami, and put on a play.
Grades 4-6: "Drama Dream Team: Myth andHeroes" with Marna Rossi --- Time-warp back to ancient Greece and bring gods and goddesses, mortals, and monsters to life. Visit the Memorial Art Gallery and learn more about the ancient Greeks. Retell a Greek myth with humor, poetry, music, movement, and masks.
For those caught between winter break and summer plans, offerings for spring break (April 9-13) include:
Grades 1-3: "Magic Tree House Readers' Club" with Marna Rossi --- Learn, like Annie and Jack from the Magic Tree House Series, about the animals and people in each tale. Enjoy a Magic Tree House Picnic in the amazing new Classroom in the Trees (at the Gell Center of the Finger Lakes).
Grades 4-6: "Fun with Fiction" with Camy Sorbello --- Release that cool story in your head aching to jump out. Through writing exercises and support, write a short story or even begin a novel. Identify interesting settings and characters and dialogue. Also discover what questions writers ask themselves as they write.
All classes run Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and cost $159 for W&B members or $165 for everyone else. For further information: wab.org or 473-2590.
