Sparkle Stories Blog
A home for Sparkle audio stories, crafts, recipes, and kind words!
What Water Fairies Eat
Get to know the water fairies around you by exploring a few treats that are especially suitable for water fairies.
Sparkle Weekly Wonderings: Air Fairies
Air fairies – or pixies or sylphs – represent the flighty, changeable, and playful side of nature. In stories, they often represent communication, enthusiasm, curiosity, and secrets — the whispers of the wind. Children have a special connection to air fairies because they are a lot like them!
Friday's Kind Words: Wonderful Lessons
"My children and I are obsessed with these stories. They teach us wonderful lessons — even me — and they are so inspiring and motivating." - Katie, Portland, OR
What Air Fairies Eat
Let's explore the air fairies in our environments through some carefully-chosen recipes.
Storybox Playlist: A Month of Fairyfolk — Air Fairies
Summer is the season for Air Fairies. Not sure what an air fairy is? These stories will help you learn more!
Friday's Kind Words: Brilliant Story Telling
Thank you for such brilliant story telling. ~ Clare
Summertime Fun! Our Best Sparkle Games
At Sparkle, we love games — especially homemade games. We've rounded up a handful of our best games for you to try out this summer. Some of them can be played inside or outside (or both). Some can be played in the car or anywhere you have to wait for something. We hope these games bring some fun to your long summer days!
Nine Easy Sparkle Game Time Snacks
Make a few of these snacks and put them out on the table so little ones who are busy at play can grab them whenever they pass by. It's an easy way to have something ready before their hunger strikes!
Storybox Playlist: Stories to Inspire Summertime Fun and Games
Summer is the season of sports and games — but sometimes the best games are those we make up on the spot. Here are some stories to inspire creative games for summer break.
Where is the Mr. Rogers of 2018?
What would Mr. Rogers think of children’s entertainment today? As a man who built a culture out of children’s television, how would he feel about today’s shows? Would he compare the children’s television and entertainment of today with that of his time and conclude, as many of us have, that less TV and screen time might be a good idea?
Friday's Kind Words: Tackle Any Topic
There is no topic that Sparkle Stories is afraid to tackle! Thank you for all that you do! ~ Caroline, Vancouver, BC
Nine Easy Sparkle Crafts to Get the Summer Started
At Sparkle, we've got so many crafts it's hard to choose! But we've rounded up nine favorites we hope will bring your kids lots of fun again and again throughout the summer.
Nine Light Summer Recipes
Summer is a great time to lighten up your meals. Fresh vegetables and fruit are abundant in farmers markets and backyard gardens. I've rounded up a bunch of light recipes you can make over and over again all throughout the summer.
Storybox Playlist: A Month of Fairyfolk — Water Fairies
Water fairies are the most curious and hard to understand of the fairy folk. They are calm and cool and relaxed ... until they aren't. Here are some stories that help fill out the picture.
Storybox Playlist: Stories for a Smooth Summer Routine
Summer routines don't look like the rest of the year — in fact, they often don't even look like a routine at all. But if you look deeper, there are always rhythms and repetitions that form a schedule children can lean into. Here are some stories that may help you form your summer routines.
Friday's Kind Words: Stories That Evoke Wonder
My children have been listen to Sparkle Stories, specifically the Martin & Sylvia series, for well over three years. Every night. They know all the words and recite the stories as they listen! ~Lettie
Sparkle Crafts: Father's Day Gifts Round Up
This Father's Day we want to inspire you to go beyond the typical clay and tempera paint ashtrays and noodle necklaces and make something that Dad will really like. What's a better gift than playing with your kids? We've got lots of handmade gifts that will allow kids and dads to play together — getting more out of the day than just presents.
Sparkle Kitchen: Father's Day Recipe Round Up
At Sparkle, we believe fathers are just as important in the daily lives of families as mothers. We want to honor that by giving you a few ideas for special treats your kids can make on their own to show Dad just how much he means to the family.
How To Be Super Mini-Camp for Parents
This is a replay of a live How To Be Super Training — just for parents — done by David Sewell McCann.
Vitamin N. The Importance of Time in Nature
What's better than forcing your children into nature-based activities? Learn to inspire them. Check out our recipe craft round-ups for this week for some ideas to get you started!
