Writer‘s Workshop "Language
Play“: an introduction to Creative Writing FOR Young children ages 5-9, Wednesdays: January , 20,27, Feb 3,10
1pm-3pm For Youth ages 10-17 Fridays January
22th, 22, 29, Feb 5, 12 1pm-3pm Is your child shutting down to writing? New to writing?
Struggling with getting their thoughts out and onto paper? Dyslexic? Have trouble with handwriting? Getting
“writers’ block”? Need a fun way to practice writing skills? This workshop is
here to help keep the writing process fun and attainable for students at almost any level. For beginners,
this workshop will give the child a taste of the written word, while taking the "bite" out of writing. for older
youth this class is great for children who may be resisting writing, shutting down to it or who struggle with dyslexia or
other learning difference. Sometimes children have wonderful, creative ideas, but have a hard time getting
them out of their head and onto paper, in this workshop we practice fun exercises to help break through writers' blocks.
This class will enable children to explore language as simply "playing". By capitalizing on a child's natural
sense of verbal language and story, we will go the next step and begin to write through a series of brief, but enjoyable group
exercises. These activities will begin by introducing the concept of group trust and collaboration. Our focus will be: when
it comes to creativity there is no "wrong", only an effort by all of us to "get out of our own way" enough
to have fun. Beginners encouraged to enroll and join in the fun. There are two different sessions, one for older students
with or without learning differences and one for younger students just learning to write.
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This series of five weeks is a fun workshop to build writinging skills and overcome barriers to writinging. Fee
is $150 for all five sessions.
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Lisa Sogliuzzo, Writer’s Workshop Facilitator is a native of the
Bay Area and has a Montessori teaching credential from the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). She also has a Bachelors
Degree from New College of California in English literature with an emphasis in creative writing.
She has written story line professionally during the dot.com for various computer game companies, has
published her own literature "zeen" called " Certain Stones", as well as having had her own poetry and
prose published in other literary "zeens". She grew up in a theatrical family and studied theater as a child, her
father being a professor of theater, director, and professional actor. She
now works as a behaviorist doing "autism intervention", and has worked in the Berkeley public school system shadowing
children who face a variety of abilities and challenges ranging from ADD, Dyslexia, as well as children who are challenged
with PTSD.
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