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Storytellers Studio

A creative writing and storytelling class where children invent characters, plan plots and write their own stories in English. They read their work aloud, give each other feedback and build a portfolio of finished stories.

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  • Small group Capped at 12, every child takes part.
  • Mirai Minds + Cambridge Centre (Ichigaya) Held at the school, in its own classrooms.

What does a session look like?

Story spark

A picture, object or question to start ideas.

0–5 min 5 min

60 min · tap a part to read it

  1. A picture, object or question to start ideas.

Sample activities

  • Story Dice

    Roll picture dice and build a story from what comes up.

  • Character Lab

    Invent a character, then answer questions as them.

  • Story Mapping

    Plan a plot on a beginning-middle-end map.

  • Author's Chair

    Read a finished story aloud to the group.

Levels

  • Beginner Telling and drawing stories, with short written sentences.
  • Intermediate Planned stories with clear paragraphs.
  • Advanced Longer pieces, editing and developing their own style.
  • Placed by the teacher after the trial lesson.

From here to the first lesson

  1. Choose a date

    Pick a session from the form. It takes about a minute and nothing is charged.

  2. We confirm

    We reply within one business day with your date and a payment link for the trial fee.

  3. Come to a real lesson

    Your child joins the regular group. There is no commitment to carry on afterwards.

Your teacher

Evyn Bryant

Linguistics · English · Second Language Acquisition

I'm from Los Angeles, I used to be in the US Army and was also an Emergency Medical Technician, and I have lived in Japan for 5 years.

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2When

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