{"id":9153,"date":"2025-09-15T13:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imma.edu.gr\/?post_type=creative&p=9153"},"modified":"2025-09-15T13:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:28:43","slug":"every-wednesday-at-the-museum-in-the-company-of-a-book-workshops-for-reading-creative-writing","status":"publish","type":"creative","link":"https:\/\/imma.edu.gr\/en\/creative-workshops\/every-wednesday-at-the-museum-in-the-company-of-a-book-workshops-for-reading-creative-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Wednesday at the Museum with a Book!\u201d | Reading & Creative Writing Workshops at IMMA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We begin the journey with wonderful books and imagination!<\/strong>
From October 2024 to April 2025, every Wednesday afternoon from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., the Museum will welcome children aged 5\u201310, with a different children\u2019s literature book each time, and with various ways of approaching reading and creatively engaging with the books.<\/p>\n

Each workshop is based on a scientifically designed framework aiming to cultivate imagination, critical thinking, creativity, and aesthetic enjoyment!<\/p>\n

This year we will focus on where and why we read, we will choose different spaces for theatrical reading and role-playing games inside and outside the Museum, and we will support everyone\u2019s right to reading and storytelling!<\/p>\n

Each child is a wonderful, unique reader.
They see, hear, observe, feel, and connect to texts in different ways.
They imagine, remember, struggle, reflect, find comfort, laugh, and discover different secrets and answers within books.<\/p>\n

We create a safe and inviting environment where all children, regardless of their previous reading experience, will feel comfortable and ready to express themselves freely, to talk and to create\u2014using the stories we read as a springboard for their own artworks, crafts, poems, and short texts.<\/p>\n

Artistic expression, through Art and Literature, is a powerful tool for creative writing and at the same time becomes a colorful backdrop for the creation of new stories!<\/p>\n

As every year, once a month our workshop will take place outside the Museum, in another cultural or reading space (gallery, bookstore, other museum, music hall, etc.). Our goal is to familiarize children with reading books in different everyday spaces and to raise awareness about literacy issues for all social groups.<\/p>\n

In addition, there will be workshops in collaboration with \u0399\u039c\u039c\u0391<\/span><\/span> partners that combine storytelling with comics and robotics!<\/p>\n

Workshop facilitator:<\/strong> Katerina Tzavara<\/span><\/span>, Author \u2013 Educator MSc, Head of Educational Programs at \u0399\u039c\u039c\u0391<\/span><\/span>
Organized by:<\/strong> Foundation of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle and Modern History of Macedonia<\/span><\/span>
Participation cost:<\/strong> \u20ac8\/workshop
Information \u2013 Reservations:<\/strong> +30 2310229778 & kemit.education@imma.edu.gr<\/a><\/p>\n

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Scientific framework of the program<\/h3>\n

Culture and the love of reading provide skills that shape children\u2019s identities and cultivate their speech, thinking, communication, and emotional intelligence. They give children the opportunity to discuss and express their opinions, desires, concerns, and dreams creatively\u2014away from the pressure of grading!<\/p>\n

Creative writing takes children on a unique journey into the world of literature, enriches and improves their oral and written expression, promotes positive life values, enhances creative expression and personal development. Children discover the world through reading literature, and within the Museum they find fertile ground to experiment with words, images, different cultures, and to develop their talents, as well as to form their own opinions on many social issues and make their voices heard.<\/p>\n

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The role of facilitators<\/h3>\n

During the creative writing process, facilitators support each child and also motivate the group so that everyone can unfold their thoughts and talents and gradually move towards initiative and creative communication.
The facilitator\u2019s role is vital, as they empower children with appropriate group management techniques to build self-esteem, courage, and flexible thinking through reading and writing games.<\/p>\n

In \u0399\u039c\u039c\u0391<\/span><\/span>\u2019s reading workshops, the participant group is deliberately kept small (8\u201310 children). This way, the facilitator can guide each child\u2019s writing journey individually while also fostering group collaboration.<\/p>\n

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The Museum environment<\/h3>\n

The Museum itself is a cultural space where the region\u2019s history, people from different cultural backgrounds, and exhibits\/artworks come together. It transforms into an especially attractive environment that sparks imagination and natural curiosity and motivates children to express themselves creatively. Interaction with the exhibits is harmoniously combined with the enjoyment of reading books.<\/p>\n

A historical museum, like the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle<\/span><\/span>, can \u201ctell\u201d many stories from the past and give young book lovers the chance to write their own original stories while understanding human evolution through time, changes in daily life, local history, and major historical events. Children and parents take part in activities that combine learning with fun, and information with play and the arts.<\/p>\n

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Purpose of the workshops<\/h3>\n

The workshops have a dual aim:<\/p>\n