The Writer's Garret Presents: Creating Your Writer's Book (Episode 1)

In the first installment in our Dallas City of Learning Summer Soars Series, you'll meet Miss Erin and personalize your writer's book, a place to record your thoughts, do activities, and create!

The Writer's Garret Presents: Pottery With Dave The Potter (Episode 4)

In the 4th installment in our series, join us for a reading of Dave The Potter by Laban Carrick Hill & Bryan Collier, then make your own pinch pot.

The Writer's Garret Presents: What's In A Name? (Episode 2)

Join Miss Erin as she asks: what's in a name? Why do you have the name you do? If you could change your name, what would it be?

The Writer's Garret Presents: Song of Synesthesia (Episode 5)

Join Miss Erin for a colorful exploration of expression, translating sound into art.

The Writer's Garret Presents: Wrong Answers Only! (Episode 3)

In this video, the wrong answer is actually right! Join Miss Erin and make up fun and silly information about things–the more wrong, the better!

The Writer's Garret Presents: Brainstorm!

Need help getting your creative muscle working? Join Miss Erin for some easy games to activate your brain, and let the storm begin!

The Writer's Garret Presents: Paint Card Poetry (Episode 7)

On this episode of The Writer's Garret Presents, Miss Erin has a colorful way to beat the cliché! With this simple and fun challenge, you'll come up with new ways to express and describe the colors in your life

The Writer's Garret Presents: Emoji Poems (Episode 10)

Today we're ✏️📱😜 (that's writing in emojis!) Miss Erin dives into making poems with emojis, and you can, too.

The Writer's Garret Presents: Poetry Please (Episode 8)

Today Miss Erin is all about poetry. Hear some amazing poems by living poets, find out more about what makes a poem a poem, and write your own!

The Writer's Garret Presents: Blackout Poetry (Episode 11)

In today's episode, Miss Erin creates blackout poems from found text. By "blacking out" some words but keeping others, you can create a whole new message. Give it a try!

The Writer's Garret Presents: Memory Map (Episode 9)

In this episode, Miss Erin makes a map filled with stories and memories, and you can too! Together, you'll create a map and map key of a place that matters to you.

The Writer's Garret Presents: Famous (Episode 12)

Are you famous? Do you want to be? In today's episode, join Miss Erin in feeling your fame, then share your poem below! 😎

The Writer's Garret Presents: Make A Myth (Episode 13)

Ever look up at the night sky and dream up stories about the stars? In this episode, join Miss Erin and learn about myths created centuries ago by civilizations looking up at the stars; then, create your own myth!

The Writer's Garret Presents: Your Future Fortune Teller (Episode 16)

If you've never made a paper fortune teller, it's easy Miss Erin will guide you through the steps, then fill it with instructions to your future self!

The Writer's Garret Presents: Shape of a Story (Episode 14)

What makes a story satisfying? From "once upon a time" to "and they lived happily ever after," the way we build stories matters! Join Miss Erin as she puts the pieces of a good story together, then create your own.

The Writer's Garret Presents: Nature Journaling (Episode 17)

Get up and get outside! Join Miss Erin as she goes exploring and recording the great outdoors.

The Writer's Garret Presents: Ekphrasis (Episode 15)

Ek-what-sis? Ekphrasis (ehk-FRAY-sis) is the tradition of creating one kind of art in response to another; for example, painting a picture in response to music, making a song based on a play, or writing a poem based on a piece of art. Pick from 5 different works by famous artists and come up with your own ekphrastic poem.

The Writer's Garret Presents: Nature Poetry (Episode 18)

"I think that I shall never see..." a poetry session as fun as this one with Miss E! Miss Erin invites you back outside to get inspired by the beauty of nature and write your own nature poem.

The Writer's Garret Presents: Dear Future Me

What would you say to your future self? Miss Erin invites you to send a message to your future self, then demonstrates a fun way to fold up your letter!

The Writer's Garret Presents: Stories Make Their Mark (Episode 20)

You never know when you've made a mark in someone else's life. In our final episode, Miss Erin shows you have to use sun paper to make a silhouette of an object from the story of you!