KidWrite! was founded in 2007 by Gina Hagler, a published author, editor, and award-winning freelance writer. Her writing for children and adults has appeared in a number of periodicals. She has authored several science and social studies books for children, as well as an applied fluid dynamics book for adults.

She founded KidWrite! as a way to reinforce and build upon the writing instruction children receive in school each day. She wanted to create a program that children would look forward to after a day of school. She was convinced that the same methods that fostered creativity and learning in adult writers could be applied successfully to young writers.

Ms. Hagler augmented her own experience with coursework, training, and readings on methods for teaching writing. Her conclusion was that, while each had proven merits, none was ideally suited to an after school program. As a result, she created a program that focuses on a blend of writing, literature, and vocabulary activities. The program spirals – growing in complexity as your child masters each level of skills. This makes it possible for children to be supported or challenged as they participate in KidWrite! It also makes it possible for a child to join at any time and to show steady improvement over one session or several.