Category Archives: classroom activities
Literacy in the Environment (LITE)
Longtime CWILLer Vi Hughes shares with us some tips for incorporating early childhood-literacy into more child-friendly landscapes, as inspired by her project Literacy in the Environment (LITE). Continue reading
World Read Aloud Day 2022
Join us on February 2, 2022 from 11-11:45 a.m. PST for a free virtual reading and Q&A in support of the 13th annual World Read Aloud Day and don’t forget to enter our giveaways OR book a free mini talk for your school, library or book group! Continue reading
Kah-Lan and the Stink-Ink Virtual Book Events
“Karen Autio has that great gift, which is to write a gripping story with a streamlined, yet richly specific vocabulary. I so enjoyed the physicality of Kah-Lan’s swimming and diving and grooming. This story of a young sea otter is … Continue reading
Wishes Come True at St. Francis Xavier
Over the past four years, Glen Huser has served as writer-in-residence for grade four classes in a series of pre-Christmas workshops at St. Francis Xavier Elementary in Vancouver. The students develop a story plan which involves deciding on a central … Continue reading
The Doorway to Adventure – November 2016
Lee Edward Fodi is working as a writer-in-residence at West Sechelt Elementary on the Sunshine Coast, working with two groups of students ranging from Grades 4-7. During four separate sessions, he is helping the students sculpt a fantasy story based … Continue reading
In the Spotlight
April is National Poetry Month and it’s going to be a busy one for children’s poet Tiffany Stone. Thanks to an Artstarts grant, she will be an Artist in the Classroom at Highlands Elementary School in North Vancouver for the … Continue reading
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