Winter 2012 registration now open

Learning doesn't have to stop at the bell! This fall, join us after school for "Take My Word For It!" creative writing classes. We'll be rolling out lots of new, creativity-sparking writing activities! Winter classes this year will be offered at the following locations:

East Bay:

Thornhill Elementary (grade 2-3)

Thornhill Elementary (grades 3-5)

Havens Elementary (grades 3-5)

Joaquin Miller Elementary (grades 3-5)

Chabot Elementary (grades 2-3)

Park Day School (grades 4-6)

Redwood Heights Elementary (grades 3-5)

Walt Disney Elementary - San Ramon (grades 4-5)

Crocker Highlands Elementary (grades 3-5)

Montclair Elementary (3 - 5)

To find out the start and end dates of a specific class, click the Register button.

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Camp Technology by Active Network

San Francisco:

• Commodore Sloat
• Commodore Sloat Poetry Residency
• Katherine Delmar Burke School
• Grattan Elementary (grades 2- 5)
• Sunset Elementary (grades 3-5)
• West Portal Lutheran (grades 4-6)
• Rooftop Elementary
• 18 Reasons

To find out the start and end dates of a specific class, click the Register button.

Register Now

Online Camp Registration by Active Network

Our after-school classes are typically priced per session and range from $15 - $17 per class hour. (So, a 10 week session is between $150 and $170.) For prices on our community based classes, please contact us at admin@takemywordforit.net.

Join our December Notebook Donation Drive!

In the spirit of giving, for every new "Like" we receive in the month of December we will donate a notebook and pencil to *The Museum of Children's Art's (MOCHA) Library Education and Art Program (LEAP). LEAP provides arts-based after school programming at four Oakland Public Library branches.

Find our Facebook Page at facebook.com/TMWFI, and please share the link with your friends, too!

Here's to a creative holiday for all of our kids!

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* The Museum of Children's Art's (MOCHA) Library Education and Art Program (LEAP) provides arts-based after school programming at four Oakland Public Library branches. Weekly workshops employ a range of art and literacy activities that will build children's academic, social and communication skills; increase their sense of accomplishment and community engagement; develop cultural awareness; and expose them to career and mentorship opportunities.

http://mocha.org/programs/artists-in-the-schools-afterschool-residencies

MOCHA’s Afterschool Art at the Library Program is funded by the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

Thursday's Word of the Day

Every week we bring you a new interesting word and challenge you to make good use of it! Today's word of the day is...

gratitude - noun

the state of being grateful, thankfulness, appreciation

List ten people, places, or things that make you grateful. Weave them into a short story that expresses your gratitude! Feel free to share your story with us in the Comments section below!

Writing is a contact sport...

"Writing is like a contact sport, like football. Why do kids play football? They can get hurt on any play, can’t they? Yet they can’t wait until Saturday comes around so they can play on the high-school team, or the college team, and get smashed around. Writing is like that. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it."

- Irwin Shaw

Poet Zack Rogow visits our Poetry Residency at Sloat Elementary!

Our students at Sloat recently had the privilege of having poet Zack Rogow pay them a visit. The students were asked to prepare some questions ahead of time. They came up with some great ones including:

How does it feel to have a published book?

Do you ever get tired of writing?

How do you make your poems so good?

How do you think up all of your poems?

See some of our students' Odes featured in the school hallway:

 

For more information on Zach, check out his interview with our very own instructor Marissa here!

In-Class Field Trips - "Take My Word For It!" School Day programs

"In-Class Field Trips" are visits to the classroom to facilitate creative writing activities designed to accompany a particular unit of study.

Our goal is to work with classroom teachers to deepen students' understanding of, for example, the variety of people who immigrated to California or the Native Americans who lived here, by designing a series of writing activities to engage their imaginations. Our aim is to tailor our activities to suit their particular group of students.

For pricing and more info please contact us at admin@takemywordforit.net.