May I Tell You a Story?
Another year, another amazing story by the campers in Young Storyteller’s Camp! This year, Linda and Mary Ellen (Chief Pencil and Chief Crayon) from Baxter’s Corner Publishing Company, assisted our young campers in crafting the story of Drastic Plastic!, an underwater adventure with an environmental twist. Young Storyteller’s Camp provides the opportunity...Read More
Working Together to Create Something Beautiful
Working together to create beauty – what a wonderful lesson to teach a child! During Spring Break at The Patch, art camp focused on collaborative creativity, with our friends from Baxter’s Corner leading the fun. Children were presented with just four colors – blue, red, white and yellow – and a color chart with a dazzling array of hues. Working...Read More
Baxter’s Corner Young Storytellers Camp – Inspiration for Cooperation!
The journey toward completing the third installment in The Cabbage Patch's children's book series focused on cooperation. Participants in Baxter's Corner's Young Storytellers Camp learned that working together to achieve a common goal is not always easy, but it is very rewarding. The concept for the book, 'Babies and Bananas,' created opportunities for the...Read More
Hunting for the Fairy Queen’s Jewels
It's always exciting when Chief Pencil (Linda Baker) and Chief Crayon (Mary Ellen Stottman) bring the magic of Baxter's Corner to The Cabbage Patch! In 2015, this dynamic duo facilitated the creativity of our young members as they wrote their second book, The Catasterous Cruise. During Spring Break week this year, they worked with our budding artists on a variety...Read More
Young Authors Embark on a Catasterous Cruise
What, you've never heard the word catasterous? Time to expand your imaginary vocabulary! Catasterous is a combination of catastrophe and disastrous, but much more adventurous than either. Since the right word doesn't exist to describe this year's literary adventure created in partnership with Baxter's Corner, the Young Authors camp came up with one of their own! Last...Read More