• Do you wish your children got outside more?
• Do they spend too much time on screens watching rather than doing and creating?
• Would you like to see them expressing themselves, making meaning in words as a part of a creative community?
• Are you looking for an antidote to the times coupled with imagination and writing?

Immersed in a Branchpoint Ramble & Write workshop, children 10-14 tramp in nature, find something that appeals to them and begin to write.  They craft their way to something–a poem, story, or ‘field notes’ observations. They continue their writing at home and get excited to share it with the group.

A Ramble & Write harnesses a child’s innate sense of wonder to the concrete act of putting words together.  It’s a particular way of being in nature that actively engages imagination. Students gain a sense of accomplishment from creating original work and sharing it with peers.

Ramble & Writers are also young naturalists.  They gain or build upon field knowledge of trees, animals, and plants that deepens their wild forays and their writing, allowing them to be experts in something, and increasing self esteem.