STORY SPARKS
Group workshop | In-Person | 90 min | Ages 7-10 (Grades 2-5)
STORY SPARKS
Fee:
$185 (single group/class of up to 30)
$450 (three groups/classes of up to 30)
Includes:
- 90 minute session per group/class
- Teacher resource package
- 30 copies of classroom anthology of your participants’ writing
Dates:
January 2026
February 2026
March 2026
April 2026
May 2026
June 2026
Writing Workshops that are engaging, creative, and fun!
Storytelling isn’t just about writing—it’s about creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. Based on 15 years of experience and research, our workshops are designed to spark imagination and strengthen literacy skills through fun, one-off sessions that run approximately 90 minutes. These workshops are perfect for educators looking to enrich their curriculum with engaging, high-impact activities – or community groups looking for a great time with making stories!
Each workshop provides a structured but playful approach to storytelling, helping students build confidence in their writing, develop social-emotional skills, and collaborate with their peers. Best of all, every child who participates receives a printed class anthology—a book filled with the writing of every student in the workshop, making their ideas tangible and inspiring a love for storytelling.
DETAILS
- Aligned with provincial curriculum outcomes
- Every student takes home a printed class anthology, celebrating their work and providing exemplars of writing
- Every teacher receives a detailed resource package to help extend the writing process for students
- All workshops focus on critical skills like idea generation, ideation, collaboration and detailed writing
- Enhances social-emotional learning through storytelling
- Engaging, hands-on activities that make writing exciting
- Can provide single approx. 90-minute session to one class, or can provide 3 classes (90 min workshop each) on a single day for a reduced fee
WORKSHOP THEMES
Choose from one of our current workshop themes below. Looking for something different? Our workshops are often developed in partnership with schools and community organizations. If you have something specific in mind, contact us.
BAND OF ANIMALS
Ages 7-9/Grades 2-4
You are managers of a crazy new musical band – of animals! Together, you’ll decide on the style of this new musical act, then individually create the wild musicians and managers! Participants explore aspects of narrative character design and detailed writing.
ATLAS OF IMAGINARY PLACES
Ages 9-10/Grades 4-5
Learn why creating a world for your story isn’t just about map-making: it’s about making your story meaningful. Together, your group will develop a shared world to explore their own characters. Participants explore narrative skills like world-building and setting in the writing process.
