Sparkle Stories Blog

This recipe turns a natural remedy into a more portable form — a honey cough drop. While you could flavor these cough drops with anything you wanted, ginger, cloves, and lemon are three additions that will further help soothe a sore throat.

To go along with this week's themes of compassion and understanding hurt, we've compiled nine Sparkle comfort food recipes.

The holidays are a great time for crafting, with so many gifts to give and decorations to be put up. It's also a great time for making yummy homemade treats. We've picked nine of our favorite holiday recipes and crafts to inspire you.

We've gathered some of our best crafts and recipes to support families during back to school transitions!

Summer is the perfect time for big gatherings that include food. This week at Sparkle we are making plans for summer and we wanted to share a few of our favorite summertime recipes with you.

In this Martin & Sylvia's Audio Advent Calendar story,"Storytelling Surpises", it’s a grey day, and everyone is grouchy. Nothing is quite right! What to do today? Momma gives Martin and Sylvia a fun storytelling exercise to help them decide, and all three are surprised by the magical answer.

In this *Martin & Sylvia's Audio Advent Calendar* story, "A Little Singing and A Lot of Love," brother and sister hear Momma coughing on the morning of the Hallelujah Sing Along, they decide to take good care of her for the entire day.

In this *Martin & Sylvia's Audio Advent Calendar* story, "Good Ol'Dog," Brother and sister want to make Christmas gifts for their pets Pickles and Billbill. It is easy to think of a good gift for their kitty, but what do you give a good ol’ dog?

In this *Martin & Sylvia's Audio Advent Calendar* story, "Christmas Cards," in their daily lesson, Martin and Sylvia experience the Advent magic of “watching and waiting.” They receive four gifts that set them up for a holiday activity!

In *Martin & Sylvia's Audio Advent Calendar* Day 6 story, "The Bakers," Martin and Sylvia aren’t sure this 6th day of Advent is going to be so magical — they are just running errands with Daddy. But when they get to the bakery, they get a surprise invitation that turns their afternoon into sweet fun!