School Visits

Have VS Grenier bring the World of Ink to Your School!

Have you always wanted to get a writer to conduct a school visit to promote reading and writing, but haven’t been sure how to go about it? Look no further! VS Grenier will take your students on the flight of their life into the World of Ink. Grenier has joined a wonderful program established by writers around the world called, Musing Our Children. The goal of Musing Our Children is to bring the love of reading and writing to your students.

Each power point presentation and workshop is geared to the appropriate age levels filled with interactive stories and activities designed to let the students join in. Helping children realize how important reading is outside the educational process is the number one goal of Musing Our Children. VS Grenier joined the battle with Musing Our Children to help students develop a love for reading and writing. Grenier believes that each one of us is unique, bringing creativity and point of view to the world around us.

FREE Author Visit for local schools:

During Reading and Writing Appreciation Week ONLY!

Contact VS Grenier for the dates of Reading and Writing Appreciation Week and availability.

VS Grenier would love to bring her books and short stories to your classroom!

VS Grenier is currently available for author visits in the Westren United States Region. If you would like VS Grenier to visit your school or organization, please contact her by using the form at the bottom of the page.

Meeting an author of children's books is a motivational activity that:

Encourages sturdents to read
Improves reading, listening, and visualization skills
Stimulates creativity and imagination
Enhances writing skills
Encurages research
Exposes children to a variety of literature
Helps children realize an author is an ordinary person
Helps children learn how to develop ideas for stories
Helps children understand good writing comes from revision
Helps children understand the process of how an idea can become a published book

VS Grenier School Visit Schedules:

Full Day Visit:

Author Presentation after morning announcements. Full school assembly. (time 1 hour)

First workshop, Grades 5^th or 5^th and 6^th (time 30 minutes)

Second workshop, Grades 1^st and 2^nd(time 30 minutes)

Visit AM Kindergarten (read two of my favorite books-15 minutes)

Lunch with Faculty

Visit PM Kindergarten (read two of my favorite books-15 minutes)

Third workshop, Grades 3^rd and 4^th (time 30 minutes)

Wrap-up assembly, Full school (time 30 minutes)

HALF Day Visit:

Author Presentation after morning announcements. Full school assembly. (time 1 hour)

First workshop, Grades 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th (time 30 minutes)

Visit AM Kindergarten (Read two of my favorite books-15 minutes)

Second workshop, Grades 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd (time 30 minutes)

Lunch with Faculty

Visit PM Kindergarten (Read two of my favorite books-15 minutes)

Wrap-up assembly, Full school (time 15 minutes)

TWO Day Visit:

1^st Day:

Author Presentation after morning announcements, Grades K-2 (time 1 hour)

Author Presentation, Grades 3-6 (time 1 hour)

Visit AM kindergarten (read and talk to students-20 minutes)

Lunch with Faculty and Select Students

First workshop, Grade 5^th or 5^th and 6^th (time 30 minutes)

Second workshop, Grade 1^st(time 30 minutes)

Visit PM Kindergarten (read and talk to students-20 minutes)

2^nd Day:

Third workshop after morning announcements, Grades 4^th (time 30 minutes)

Fourth workshop, Grades 2^nd (time 30 minutes)

Fifth workshop full assembly (suggest Becoming a writer workshop-time 1hour)

Break

Lunch with Faculty

Sixth workshop, Grades 3^rd (time 30 minutes)

Seventh workshop, Grades 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd (time 30 minutes)

Eighth workshop, Grades 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th (time 30 minutes)

Wrap-Up assembly, full school (time 30 minutes)

Handout Packet for students from VS Grenier:

• Children's book suggested reading handout

• A list of places to submit their writing and artwork for publication

• Current issue of Pages & Pens (A monthly newsletter for students, parents, and teachers.)

• Current issue of Stories for Children Magazine on disk

• Certificate of participation in a Stories for Children Workshop

• Certificate of participation in the Muse Reading and Writing Appreciation Week. (If visit is during Reading and Writing Appreciation Week)

• Bookmarks and pencils

• My contact information so students can send me their questions on writing.

• Stanley Bookman Readig and Writing Membership Card

Children can also purchase autographed books written by VS Grenier, creating a sourenir to keep. Schools will get 20% of the sales to help fund reading and writing programs.

VS Grenier's books (click on the title for more information)

Presentation and Workshop Information:

Author Power Point Presentation~
I’ll introduce who I am, talk about how I became a children's writer, why I choose to write for children, and talk about how children can live their dreams. This fast-paced, interactive fun presentation is full of humor and stories to help break-up all the information about writing. Approx Time: 45 minutes to an hour. (Note: I will need a laptop hooked up to a projector, a microphone, and a dark room full of kids.)

Writing Workshop~
In this workshop, I discuss with children the three key points of a story—the beginning, middle, and climax/ending, how I outline the ideas to my story and put them into these three key points. I will have the children do one or two small writing exercises.

Creating Characters Workshop~
This fun technique driven workshop shows children how to use the world around us to create characters. The children will do two different character exercises. The first by observing those around them in the room. The second by using a story line I’ll provide.

Creating Scenes Workshop~
Designed to help teach children learn the art of description, this workshop uses the five senses—touch, smell, sight, hearing, and taste. Each child will write about something in the past using only the five senses to bring detail to the scene of the event. At the end of the exercise, I have some of the children share what they have written to the group.

Brainstorming Plots/Story Lines Workshop~
This is a fun group workshop. I share with the children the different techniques I use to come up with story ideas. Then as a group we’ll do an idea-starter exercise that may lead to a group short story. This short story will be published in my Ezine, Stories for Children Magazine and each student will get a copy.

Author Day (For Libraries ONLY) ~

For these presentations to be successful, you should have: A room that can be as dark as possible, A laptop hooked up to a projector, A good screen, or white wall to project onto, An extension cord (The best place for the projector might not be near an outlet.), Good publicity, Lots of kids ready for fun. (The best presentations are during your normal story-time hours.)
Note: If don’t have a projector, or the room's too light, I’ll do it the old-fashioned way. Reading from the magazine. (Power Point is just a lot easier for a large group of kids to see.)

For Schools:
• FULL DAY (includes Author presentation and four workshops – no more than 100 students per workshop) $500
• HALF DAY (includes Author presentation and two workshops – no more than 100 students per workshop) $250
• CLASSROOM VISIT (Author Q&A and one workshop) $ 60
• TWO DAY VISIT (includes Author presentation & all workshops – no more than 100 students per workshop) $1000
• AUTHOR NIGHT (Invite your students' families to an evening of me reading my short stories as they're viewed on the screen and two of my workshops. The kids love it, they're younger siblings love it . . . even the parents will enjoy it. Serve refreshments or include a book fair. Make it a fun event.) $750

For Libraries:
AUTHOR DAY (Invite families to a day of me reading my short stories viewed on the big screen. I also talk about how to become better readers. Children and their parents will enjoy this time together.)
$120 for a two hour presentation
$60 for a hour presentation

FREE Author Visit: During Reading and Writing Appreciation Week ONLY! Contact VS Grenier for the dates of Reading and Writing Appreciation Week and availability.

Grant Links for Funding:

If your school would like to host an author visit but you need help with funding, check out these grants for educators.

School Grant Writing Tips

Educational Enrichment Foundation

Verizon Foundation Literacy Grants

LeapFrog School-Grant Writing Resources

DonorsChoose.org is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack.

Starbucks Foundation Grants

Wells Fargo-Charitable Contributions

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VS Grenier, Author & Editor

Taking young minds on a journey into the World of Ink