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Ages 5–8 Kindergarten – Grade 3 Mirai Minds + Cambridge Centre (Ichigaya) Now enrolling · Starts 14 December

Young Authors Winter Camp

Write your story. Find your voice. Share it with the world. Over nine days, every child writes and illustrates a real book, builds sentences with Cambridge Starters and Movers language, and grows in confidence through show-and-tell, storytelling and drama. The camp ends with a Book Launch for families, and every child leaves a published author.

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Ages
Ages 5–826101418
Runs
  1. Monruns
  2. Tueruns
  3. Wedruns
  4. Thuruns
  5. Friruns
  6. Satno session
  7. Sunno session
14-18 and 21-24 December 2026, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Where
Mirai Minds + Cambridge Centre (Ichigaya)
Group
Capped at 12
Tuition
¥55,000 / week
  • Small groupsFeedback on every child's writing.
  • Days and timeWeekdays, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Dates14-24 December 2026 (9 weekdays)
  • FinaleYoung Authors' Book Launch for families, Thursday 24 December
  • Where it runsMirai Minds + Cambridge Centre, Ichigaya

What does a session look like? 300 min

  1. 1

    9:00-9:2020 min

    Morning circle

    Warm-up game and today's writing goal.

  2. 2

    9:20-10:3070 min

    Word workshop

    Language games and sentence building with Starters and Movers words.

  3. 3

    10:30-10:4515 min

    Break

    Snack, water and a stretch.

  4. 4

    10:45-11:4560 min

    Writing time

    Children write their book page by page, with teacher feedback.

  5. 5

    11:45-12:3045 min

    Lunch and play

    Packed lunch from home.

  6. 6

    12:30-1:3060 min

    Illustrate and perform

    Drawing pages, storytelling and drama.

  7. 7

    1:30-2:0030 min

    Show-and-tell

    Children share what they made today.

What your child will learn

  1. Writing Planning a story and building clear sentences with Cambridge Starters and Movers language.
  2. Illustrating Drawing characters and scenes that bring each page to life.
  3. Speaking Show-and-tell, storytelling and drama for confident speaking.
  4. Confidence Sharing their own book with an audience at the Book Launch.

Sample activities

  • Character Creator

    Invent a hero, draw them and describe them in three sentences.

  • Story Map

    Plan the beginning, middle and end on a big paper map.

  • Act It Out

    Turn a page of your book into a short scene.

  • Book Launch

    Read your finished book to family and friends.

Levels

  1. Starter Authors

    ages 5-6

    Picture-led stories with simple sentences, building toward Cambridge Pre A1 Starters.

  2. Mover Authors

    ages 7-8

    Longer stories with linked sentences, building toward Cambridge A1 Movers.

Grouped by age and level on the first day.

From here to day one

  1. Reserve a place

    Send the enrollment form. It takes about a minute and nothing is charged online.

  2. We confirm

    We reply within one business day with the details and a payment link.

  3. Join on day one

    Your child joins the group for the whole program.

Your teacher Evyn Bryant Linguistics · English · Second Language Acquisition I'm Evyn, and I teach No code Robotics and Robotics Beginner. I'm from Los Angeles and served in the US Army before working as an Emergency Medical Technician. I studied journalism and public relations at university, then earned a master's in education with a focus on second language acquisition and linguistics. I've lived in Japan for five years. Away from class I read widely, write on my blog, watch baseball, and do independent research.
Speciality
  • Linguistics
  • English
  • Second Language Acquisition
More about Evyn
Background
Bachelors of Arts (Journalism-Public Relations) | Masters of Science in Education (TESOL) Applied, Educational, Theoretical Linguistics - Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
Outside class
I like to read, do independent research, write my blog, watch baseball, spend time with my fiancee!
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FAQs

Good questions, answered

Children aged 5 to 8 who love stories and want to write, draw and speak with confidence in English.

Weekdays from 14 to 24 December 2026, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, at Cambridge Centre West Japan in Ichigaya.

Enroll directly from this page. Fees are per week: Week 1 runs 14 to 18 December and Week 2 runs 21 to 24 December. The fee is shown beside the Enroll button.

On Thursday 24 December, families are invited to hear children read from their finished books. Every child takes their book home.

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Enroll in the program. We reply within 1 business day to confirm the details.

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