Sparkle Stories Blog
A home for Sparkle audio stories, crafts, recipes, and kind words!
Friday's Kind Words: Treasure of a Resource
The stories are engaging and dynamic without being frantic and overwhelming to the senses. It is such a treat to have found this treasure of a resource.
Sparkle Crafts: Crafts for the Sensitive Child
We've gathered four crafts that your sensitive child can help create and subsequently use to help them when their emotions feel too big.
Storybox Playlist: Stories for the Sensitive Child
This week we are honoring the sensitive child. It's important with sensitive children to have a tool kit of words and actions that can help them navigate big energy and big emotions.
Friday's Kind Words: Powerful Lessons for Life
"These stories can hold powerful lessons for life within them told and conveyed in the sweetest manner." ~Gina
Storybox Playlist: Big Energy in Little People
As we look at Big Energy this week, I wanted to share with you a few stories to help manage those intense moments.
Sparkle Kitchen: "Play with Your Food"
The recipes this week are all about getting tactile and creative with food. Here are nine Sparkle recipes to help you get more playful in the kitchen.
Storybox Playlist: Stories to Inspire Creative Play
Time for creative play allows them to test out different roles and helps them prepare for life. This week we've rounded up some really fun stories that will inspire your family to explore the world through fun and games and play.
Sparkle Crafts: Four Crafts that Inspire Wonder
Inspiring wonder is easy to do with natural materials. Nature has away of being mysterious and inspiring us to explore whole new worlds. Try four of our favorite nature crafts that will get you outside and wondering about the world around you in new ways.
Storybox Playlist: Stories of Wonder
This playlist is filled with stories that will hopefully inspire connection, creativity, and a lot of happiness too.
Friday's Kind Words: Lovely New Site
“The new site looks AMAZING! It’s easy to navigate and visually lovely. Well done!” ~Julie, Texas
Sparkle Kitchen: Four Sparkly Cakes for Celebrations
We're so excited about our website launch, that we're in the mood for celebrating. We pulled together all of our best "cake" recipes. Now we just have to choose...
Simple Imbolc Celebrations for Kids: Plus Stories to Inspire Spring Cleaning!
It’s not yet officially spring, but we’ve got the spring cleaning bug. We’ve rounded up our favorite stories to get everyone in the cleaning spirit!
Windward Ho! Meet the Characters
This week we are welcoming the newest collection of stories in the Windward Ho! series, "Unbound Down Under."
Storybox Playlist: Stories of Adventure
This week we are launching the newest installment to the Windward Ho! collection. This has got us all excited and ready for a new adventure. In honor of adventure, we've rounded up some of our best adventure stories, including some with pirates.
Friday's Kind Words: Teach and Inspire
We live about an hour from work and school, so your stories help fill our time and minds with fascinating diversions that teach and inspire. Thank you! ~ Stephen, Mendocino CA
Printable Sparkle Valentine's Day Cards
Valentine's Day is almost here, Sparklers, and in accordance with your requests, we've made some very cute Valentine's Day cards for you to print out. Instead of candy or chocolate or disposable gifts, spread the love with an hour of FREE stories!
Nature School Project: Nature Hearts
We are joined by Dawn of Mud Puddles to Meteors who shows us how to create our own geometry of hearts using nature materials found just outside your front door.
A Note to our Android Users
We spend a lot of our time looking at how we can make the Sparkle experience the absolute best it can be.
Sparkle Kitchen: Four Sparkly Valentines Treats
Valentine's Day is the best time to bring out all the red and pink foods. Think strawberries, cherries, and mixed berries. Valentine's Day is also a great day to make a sweet treat for anyone you love and appreciate. Here are four of our favorites.
Storybox Playlist: Stories of Love
Love comes in many languages and love has many ways of expressing itself. There is love for friends, love for parents and children, love for a sweethearts, and love for pets. We've rounded up a few stories that show these various kinds of love.
