July is here, and we're offering 3 workshops this month to keep kids' brains buzzing this summer. "Like" us on Facebook to receive updates and more information. Register for any workshop by commenting on this blog or by posting on Facebook. Email is fine, too.
More Than A Book Club Session 2
Mondays, July 2, 9, 16 & 30 (skipping July 23)
6:00 to 7:30 p.m. $150 for all 4. If you need to miss one, we'll adjust your cost.
Recommended for rising 3rd through 6th grades.
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan (Newbery Honor Book)
"Will anyone take on Jake Semple? Jake Semple is notorious. Rumor has it he burned down his old school and got kicked out of every school in his home state. Only one place will take him now, and that's a home school run by the Applewhites, a chaotic and hilarious family of artists. The only one who doesn't fit the Applewhite mold is E.D.—a smart, sensible girl who immediately clashes with the unruly Jake. Jake thinks surviving this one will be a breeze . . . but is he really as tough or as bad as he seems?"
This book especially speaks to those kids who are a little different, who may have some trouble fitting in at school or even within their own families. It's about finding your purpose, passion, and place in the world. Author Stephanie S. Tolan is known not only for her fiction but also for her writings and advocacy in the field of gifted education (Is It a Cheetah?). The sequel to this book is hot off the press. We may take it on if time permits.
More Than A Book Club: No Girls Allowed!
Tuesdays, July 3 & 10 from 6 to 8 pm. Come once for $35 or twice for $60. Each date is different. Recommended for rising 1st through 5th grades.
What do boys want? More! More adventure, more silliness, more noise and more humor. So, boys will be boys--but what's wrong with that? Nothing, during No Girls Allowed!
With the help of boy favorites such as Captain Underpants and Shel Silverstein, we'll celebrate all the wonderful things about being a boy. This is an all-boys class--and fun is the fun, as boys learn that reading is a fun choice! It's a world where boys get expelled from preschool at nearly five times the rate of girls, are diagnosed with attention problems or learning disorders four times as much as girls, and are twice as likely to get held back. What's the solution? Engaging boys in a way that excites them, and closing the expanding gap between the sexes in the areas of reading and writing.
No Girls Allowed! is literacy-rich and filled with boy-friendly activities in the areas of reading, writing, and out-of-the-box thinking. Paper airplanes will soar and so will your son's imagination!
More Than A Book Club: GirlPower
Tuesdays, July 17 & 31 from 6 to 8 pm. Come once for $35 or twice for $60. Each date is different. Recommended for rising 1st through 5th grades.
Sugar and spice and everything nice . . . come on, girls are so much more than that! In GirlPower, there are no damsels in distress! We'll discover smart, daring, and sweet women who have contributed to our world in all sorts of amazing ways. By these examples girls will see that it's who you are inside and what you contribute that's important -- not how you look or what peers tell you is right for you! Besides, who says you're not perfect? That you're not worth it? We'll improve girls' self-esteem and ability to resist peer pressure through the books we read, the music we listen to, and our own special GirlPower ceremony.
See you there!
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