We had the best author visit ever, sharing our book and creative process with the Orchard Hills Hawks @orchard_hills_school, thanks to @mrs_lawver , @amynjones928, @amy_lipps For making this possible! We received the warmest welcome from principal Mrs. Agopian , and rock star librarian Mrs._lawver, who created an over the top life size Magic Maple Tree […]
We had a great time sharing our book and creative process with the Peters Canyon trailblazers thanks to principal Brooke Carreras! Scholars enjoyed playing text detectives, learning how our story came to be, and brainstorming ideas for their own writing! Comment Cards
We had a great time this holiday season visiting our friends at Ladera Elementary school! A big thank you to Ladera’s amazing principal Dr. Jennifer Harrison and Holly Smyth for organizing this author visit, as well as the lucky Leopards wonderful Librarian. We had so much fun sharing our story and creative process with all […]
Such a fun day at UCI’s Summer Writing Program at Myford Elementary sharing our book and creative process with students k-6th. These creative kids were inspired to write their own “Magic Maple Tree” personal narratives, and had fun with a donut math lesson! Thank you Deena Vela for having us out!
We hosted a donut party to celebrate all of our HWT students’ hard work this year! With a reading from our book under our own “magic maple tree”, storyboards, writing activity, donut craft, and this AMAZING donut wall!
Another great day filled with hands on minds on learning at St. John’s Lambs Lot Preschool! After our book reading, All of the students enjoyed the math play dough and coloring sheet extension activity. The kids were able to use all of their senses in “hearing/seeing” the story, “touching” the play dough to create donuts […]
Such a blessing to be able to share our book and creative process with our friends at Immanuel Lutheran Preschool! The students loved counting & creating donuts of their own, and used their imaginations to create their own sprinkles too. Kids have the best ideas!
It was such an incredible blessing to be able to share our book & creative process with the k-3rd grade scholars of St. John’s Lutheran @sjlsorange! St. John’s is an environment of genuine love equipping students to use their gifts to make a difference in the World! In doing so, we were able to raise […]
Real life ‘Wonder Women’ Principal Deena Vela & Vice Principal Jaclyn Spangler lead Hicks Canyon Elementary school, (home to over 1000 students) with their #1 priority to create meaningful and engaging learning experiences for their 21st century learners! Thank you for having us out for an author visit to spark creativity & imagination in students […]
It’s always a treat sharing our book and the creative process with the Summer school students at Beswick El. I loved seeing these kids get excited about being “part of the process” with our open ended writing prompt . These Summer scholars used their own imaginations in their sequel idea writings and illustrations! What a […]