I love to give writing workshops. I combine drama improvisational techniques with brainstorming. We start by playing, and through play students begin to take creative risks. As a drama teacher for most of my thirty years of teaching, I learned that PLAYING IS CREATING! The best writing grows out of a playfulness that is shaped and revised.

As a rather shy person myself, I enjoy helping shy people find their voice.

I am also available to present a book talk/slide show for grades 3 and up on "Where Do My Ideas Come From?" to your school or group.

School visits:

• Bement School, Deerfield, Massachusetts, April 9
• Rolling Hills Prep, Los Angeles, California, April 27
• Wheeler School, Providence, Rhode Island mid-May, Providence, Rhode Island, mid-May

Here's to the spirit of play!

Workshops and Presentations:

"The writing that Amy Gordon inspires in children sets imaginations aflame. As a writing teacher, Amy Gordon is an engine of innovative ideas, and she activates children into self-expression before they know what has happened to them. Her insights into children and the art of play speak as voluminously as her books about them. Amy's workshops revitalize."
—Leif Riddington, Director of Summerwrite! Camp,
Western Massachusetts Writing Project

Rates vary and are negotiable.

For more stories about my family and my childhood,
please go to my blog!
www.amyagordon.blogspot.com