School Visits

I do both virtual and in-person school visits. As a former classroom teacher myself, I love sharing the joy of stories with young readers, and I am happy to customize my visits so they reflect where you are in your Language Arts and/or Social Emotional Learning curriculum. For younger students there are even a few possible math and science tie-ins!

I also do joint virtual visits with the following authors:

30 minute visit for pre-K-2nd grade includes:

  • Interactive phonics mini-lesson (pre-K-1st) to enable all students to read the words Rat, Art, and Fair along with me when they appear in the book or introduction to anagrams (2nd)

  • Interactive reading of Rat Fair—students read the nearly wordless story along with me while practicing skills including attention to detail, predicting, recognizing emotions

  • Art Activity

  • Q&A period, time permitting

In a 45 or 60 minute visit (pre-k-2nd):

  • The Art Activity will be extended to include EITHER a Storytelling Activity

  • OR A Social Emotional Learning (SEL) lesson based on Rat Fair will be included.

30 minute visit for 3rd-5th grade includes:

  • Fun with anagrams and other wordplay

  • Fast interactive reading of Rat Fair—students read the nearly wordless story along with me as we focus on examining the story for standard features they are used to seeing in text

  • EITHER a whole group Descriptive Writing Activity

  • OR a whole group Idea Generating Activity

  • Q&A period, time permitting

In a 45 or 60 minute visit (3rd-5th):

  • EITHER both activities listed above

  • OR one of the activities listed above, plus a Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Activity based on Rat Fair

  • OR a longer Descriptive Writing Activity including individual and/or partnered writing time

Any grade: 20 minute read-aloud of RAT FAIR plus Q&A

Pricing

 

Virtual or Local In-Person

(within Washtenaw County, MI)

20 minute - $50

30 minute - $75

45 minute - $100

60 minute - $125

For in-person visits outside of my local area I prefer to do half-day or full-day visits.

Half-day: $300-$600

Full-day: $600 - $1,000

Please contact me so we can price out a visit for your program.

Please contact me to:

  • Book a visit (please note that additional travel fees apply to in-person visits outside of Southeast Lower Michigan)

  • Inquire about full-day or half-day visits to your school (virtual and in-person)

  • Inquire about programs for homeschooling groups and home learning pods

  • Discuss adjustments to the visit content in order to best meet your curricular needs.