The Lockmiller Early Learning Series at Edison State College Hosts Award Winning Author for Writer's Workshop
Sep 28, 2009
The Lockmiller Early Learning Series at Edison State College is hosting two seminars on the Lee Campus on October 17th. The morning seminar features award winning poet and accomplished children’s author Lee Bennett Hopkins and a distinguished literary panel including an illustrator, a New York publishing representative, and an additional author. The afternoon seminar is a hands- on workshop geared to education students and youth educators.
The Lee Bennett Hopkins Writer’s Institute
The Lockmiller Early Learning Series is proud to announce the first annual presentation of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Writer’s Institute: ” Writing for Children: Inspiration to Publication”. Lee Bennett Hopkins, a multiple award winning author and anthologist now living in Cape Coral, will keynote the seminar.
Lee Bennett Hopkins is famous for his work as an anthologist, author, and avid promoter of bringing poetry to children. He has compiled more than 80 anthologies on subjects including animals, weather, school days, sports, U.S. history and geography, holidays, and embarrassing moments for young people. Though the subjects he chooses are outwardly ordinary, Hopkins treats them in eccentric ways. For example, Hoofbeats, Claws & Rippled Fins: Creature Poems, is about odd pets like tarantulas and how to love them. His anthologies have won widespread acclaim from book critics and include both well-known and newly published works.
Drawn to serious poetry rather than light verse, Hopkins wants children to feel the emotional impact of poetry. He wrote Pass the Poetry, Please!—which has been in print for over 25 years—to help teachers understand that poetry is “reachable, is teachable, and should come to children as naturally as breathing.”
Lee Bennett Hopkins will share the keynote role with illustrator Henry Cole. Mr. Cole has worked on more than 50 published books, and has authored and illustrated several on his own. The two will be joined in a panel discussion and question and answer period with editor Tamar Brazis of the publishing company Abrams in New York, and author Sylvia Andrews. All authors will be available for book signings after the seminar.
The Lee Bennett Hopkins Writers institute will be held on the morning of October 17th in the Rush Auditorium of Edison State College’s Lee Campus from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Seating capacity is limited, so register early if you plan to attend.
Making Books with Children: Hands-on Workshops
The Lockmiller Early Learning Series will feature a second seminar in the afternoon: Making Books with Children: Hands-on Workshops. This is a professional development seminar for educators of young children, preschool to grade school.
Several workshops will be presented. Photographer Alvaro Dufflar will host a workshop on: “Digital Photos as illustrations” , demonstrating the mechanics of using photography for illustration. Sylvia Andrews, a children’s author, will lead a workshop on writing with children. Workshops on “Supporting Children as Authors”, and “Making Books with Infants and Toddlers” will also be presented. Additionally, the Early Learning Coalition will have a poster presentation of “Stages of Children’s Writing”.
“Making Books With Children: Hands on Workshops” will be held October 17th, from 1:00pm to 3:00 pm, at the Alice W. Lockmiller Child Development Center at Edison State College. The address is:
13311 Edison Lane ,Fort Myers.
Advance registration is necessary for these events as seating capacity is limited. Registration for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Writers Institute in the morning is $10.00 per person for Edison State College Students. Registration for the Hands On Workshops in the afternoon is $5.00 per person for Edison State College students. CEU’s are available for an additional fee for eligible sessions.
Please register for either or both seminars of the Lockmiller Early Learning Series by visiting the link: http://www.edison.edu/writersinstitute. Please note that seating is limited so register early to guarantee a space in these extraordinary workshops. Registration will close after October 9th.
The Lockmiller Early Learning Series program thanks the following groups for their financial support: The Early Learning Coalition of WFL, Lee Memorial Child Development Center, and Child Care of SWFL, Peace River Center for Writers,Lee Memorial Children’s Hospital of SWFL,Lee Library System, and the Edison State College Bookstore.
For more information about the Lockmiller Early Learning Series, please contact Elaine Schaeffer at Edison State College (239) 489-9265.
Last Updated: September 28, 2009
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