School Visits & Nursery Readings
In-person Visits
Kathy offers visits to nurseries and pre-schools as well as creative writing workshops for primary school classes in Year 1 and 2. Her visits are fun and interactive and will help stimulate students imagination and develop their creative writing skills and confidence in becoming authors themselves.
All activities have been designed in consultation with early years teachers and Little Steps Publishing.
Kathy likes working closely with schools to tailor any visits and book-related activities to their needs, age groups and units of enquiry.
For any enquiries, please contact Kathy via email: kathy@hoplolahop.com
Assemblies
Introduction on how I became an author
Presentation tied in with a Q&A on how reading can help us
Storytime
Introduction to creative group activity which are to be completed in individual classroom units
Book Sale & Signing (Optional)
In Class Visits - Nursery and Pre-School Classes
(up to 1 Hr per class)
Storytime
Q&A and meet the characters session
a range of printable activity templates to accompany any sessions
Book sale and signing (optional)
In Class Visits - Primary School Years 1 & 2 (1 Hr per class)
Storytime
Q&A followed by presentation about the making of a picture book
Become an author and creative writing workshop
A range of printable storytelling templates & resources
Book sale and signing (optional)
Any activities will be tailored in consultation with the year group representatives to make sure the activity works along with their unit of enquiry.
Activities vary in length and students are not expected to complete the exercise during the workshop. The idea is to kickstart and encourage their creative writing.
For safety reasons and to comply with school policies, we ask for at least one member of teaching staff (teacher and/or assistant) to remain in the room throughout each session.
Book Sales & Author Signings
We can discuss book sales and orders ahead of my visit.
I am more than happy to sign books on request.
I also encourage schools and parents to purchase my books directly from local booksellers or online.
For smaller groups, I am able to accommodate pre-orders directly.
For larger orders, schools may have the opportunity to order books in advance through local bookshops.
Want to find out more?
Fees & Announcement -
Let’s work together
I currently don’t charge for author visits.
This is possible because of the generous support of schools and their teaching staff towards my book so far.
When announcing my visit, I ask schools and nurseries to promote my visit by sharing information with parents through newsletters and social media and to encourage purchasing the book at local bookshops or online.
When you book a visit, I will provide your school with a printable poster to display as well as bookmarks for teachers to send home to parents prior to my visit.
