Register now for Merry Barn’s virtual summer camps

Wed, 06/03/2020 - 1:00pm

How do you get your words into the world? Join the Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat for its Summer Writing Adventures and Young Readers’ Book Group. While we are disappointed not to be able to be together in the barn this summer, the adventures will continue. Week-long and one-day adventures will take place via Zoom. Find your favorite spots at home — inside and out — and design your own Creativity Corner. 

Each camper will receive a Young Writer’s Toolkit in a Box prior to the start of camp with fun materials for writing and creating. Toolkits vary depending on the camp’s focus, but may include a writer’s notebook for kids to personalize, a sketch book, art materials, and a book on writing.

We’ll start each day of camp together with a Welcome Circle, sharing poetry, and practicing mindfulness and breathing techniques. Writing, art, and performance activities will be broken up with short “intermissions” and plenty of movement. Group meetings will be followed by time offline to write and create independently. There will be lots of opportunities to share our work. We’ll learn from a published author, and experiment with a variety of genres and techniques. Week-long adventures include an Authors’ Tea for family and friends via Zoom on Fridays. 

The Merry Barn Young Readers’ Book Group will meet on Wednesday afternoons, (June 24, July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29, Aug. 5, Aug. 12) from 3:30 to 5 p.m.  

Participants will read or listen to the week’s selection prior to the Zoom meeting, and come ready to share their thoughts. We will discuss, write, and create together, building and sharing our reading identities. Reading list includes: “Prairie Lotus” by Linda Sue Park, “A Handful of Stars” by Cynthia Lord, “Amal Unbound” by Aisha Saaed, “Harbor Me” by Jacqueline Woodson, “Wishtree” by Katherine Applegate, and “The War That Saved My Life” by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.

For more information or to register: www.merrybarn.com or email: stephaniemcsherry@merrybarn.com