There’s a hand inside my soul holding me. We recently revisited one of our all time favorite picture books, There is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me by Alice Walker. It is a lovely, poetic book that gently shifts the reader’s paradigm while filling his or her mind with stimulating visual imagery. There is a dance deep inside my body moving me. The main character brings us through a variety of…
Annie Riechmann from Alphabet Glue and Bird and Little Bird is with us today to share a lovely activity that will bring a new level of excitement to story writing in your home. There are times when kids write stories just for the sake of writing and wanting to share their ideas and imagination. Then, there are times when they write them because they have a clever idea for displaying their writing, which creates a bit…
If there was ever an object that is a direct tie to the world of magic, it’s a wand. Simple or ornate, it makes no difference; the purpose is the same: to transform the world of imagination into reality, to make tangible objects out of dreams and wishes. – Sarah Olmsted, Imagine Childhood: 25 Projects That Spark Curiosity and Adventure. When my publisher (Roost Books) reached out and asked if I would be interested in…
For those of you who have followed Playful Learning over the years, you know that I am a huge fan of having a variety of attractive blank books at the ready for the developing writers in our lives. Randi from Swoon! is with us today to share a great tutorial for making lovely, handmade, mini storybooks… This past summer my sister came home after living abroad for a year. She brought my oldest daughter (Ellie,…
I am really excited about today’s post by Joey from Made by Joey and Creative Themes for Learning and Play. She shares the process she went through writing a family newspaper with her children as the reporters. What a great way to encourage a love of writing! This is a writing activity that I recently organized for my children as another fun way of keeping a summer journal. This year I promoted them to newspaper…
I love giving personalized gifts to people. It is the little things that lets that someone know just how special they are… Randi from Swoon! is with us today to share the lovely letter writing kit that she created for a young writer in her life. Oh, and if you have a moment, you may want to go and “meet” the newest budding author in her family, Jack. Congratulations Randi! Hello, it’s Randi again from…
