Sparkle Stories Blog
A home for Sparkle audio stories, crafts, recipes, and kind words!
Dory Horde Crib Sheet
Have you ever met a large family and couldn't quite remember all their names? I have a friend with 5 boys all with unique names just like the Dory Horde; and it took me quite awhile until I got to know them individually to remember their names...
Storybox Playlist: Our Summery-est Stories!
In summer we make some of the greatest stories of our childhood. Learning to ride bikes, crazy camping trips, backyard water parks, watermelon eating contests and ice cream for dinner...
Friday's Kind Words: Deeply Nourishing
"We have been enjoying your stories for months and find them so deeply nourishing for children and adults alike." ~ The Ambrose Family, ME
Storybox Playlist: Five Great Historical Stories
Historical stories can be a lot of fun! From learning about your grandparents experience in the war or how your town came to be, history is an amazing way to connect with our past...
The Dory Horde Launch!
A brand new series that is full of adventure and mystery launches this week! Read on for more information.
Friday's Kind Words: Constantly Spectacular
We absolutely adore your stories and they have brought amazing things to our life. The words, hilarious phrases and concepts that excitedly flow from our 5 year old are constantly spectacular. You have seriously brought so much to my very sensitive child’s life. ~Lindsey
Storybox Playlist: Stories of Wonderful People
This collection features stories that are all about wondrous interactions between people. Have you ever met someone and felt like they lit up a room? It seemed as if you'd known them forever and talking to them was incredibly easy? These stories are about those wonderful kinds of people that inspire awe and wonder.
Friday's Kind Words: Value-Rich
Sparkle Stories are engaging, nurturing, and value-rich stories that I adore listening to with my children. They've grown up with David's voice and his carefully crafted characters.
~ Claire
Sparkle Printable: Wonder of Animals Coloring Book!
We're celebrating the Wonder of Animals this week - with a fun printable coloring book of your favorite Sparkle characters!
Storybox Playlist: Our Favorite Animal Stories
Animals are awesome! From the tiniest toad to the giant blue whale, they come in all different shapes and sizes and personalities. This week I've rounded up some of our favorite stories about animals.
Current Live Stories!
Here are recordings of the live stories David has been telling these past few weeks!
Friday's Kind Words: Important Narrator
“Thanks so much for sharing the live stories. We have not missed a single one! It has been such a gift during this time at home. I feel like David’s voice will be remembered as an important narrator of our girls’ childhoods. ~Greta
Three Sparkle Playdate Themes
Do your kids miss playdates with their friends? I know my kids do. Playdates were a regular thing for my eight- and ten-year-olds. We’ve been doing some thinking here at Sparkle and came up with an idea that might help: a Sparkle Stories playdate.
Storybox Playlist: Stories to Celebrate Momma
Mothers. They are pretty awesome. They change diapers, dig stuff out of the trash for you, clean up messes and wipe away tears, listen to complaints, and dole out endless hugs and kisses. This playlist is all about celebrating moms and recognizing the hard and rewarding job they have.
Friday's Kind Words: Essential Part of our Days
"You are an essential part of our days now. I am deeply thankful! One of your stories this morning helped to transform my daughter’s very sad moment into calm and peace." ~ Shannon
Storybox Playlist: Stories of Nature's Wonder
Nature is wonderful! It's big. It's filled with every color imaginable. It can be exciting and scary, awesome and intense — all at once...
Friday's Kind Words: Ella & Ollie Series
I wanted to say a specific thank you for the new Ella & Ollie series. Ollie happens to be the name of my youngest son — so he is especially excited about this series — another homeschooled boy about his age who moves to the country (a move we made a couple years ago). ~ Nisa
Storybox Playlist: Stories of Patience
Patience. Something we all have to learn and something many of us continue to learn into adulthood...
Friday's Kind Words: Just in Time
We have been Sparkle Story listeners for years, and as my kids get older I’ve been worried the day will come when we may outgrow the stories. We are so excited about this series about older kids, just in time for my daughter’s 10th birthday! ~Renee
Storybox Playlist: Stories of Resilience
Resilience is all about being able weather the strain and stress and come out better on the other side...
