Sparkle Stories Blog

Daddy finds a surprising way to include Sylvia's imaginative ideas in play time.

Momma challenges Martin, Sylvia and friends to incorporate everyone's play ideas into one activity...

Martin is too young to join the baseball team, so Daddy pulls together a creative and crazy game with friends and family.

Woodsies will be learning from a new instructor today — and it’s Martin! He’ll be teaching about a Nature Compass. One part hasn’t quite worked out yet, but everything comes together when inspiration strikes … in the shape of snacktime.

As Martin tromps through the woods, he happens upon his friend Ollie who joins his musings on magnetism and gravity, raising some new ideas. Could it be that Martin has discovered his hypothesis — and that it’s been right in front of him the whole time?

Daddy, Martin, and Sylvia help Momma realize what can make Mother's Day perfect.

One day with the Woodsies, Sylvia brings Bilby the puppy along and keeps an eye on him … until Bilby disappears. After the crisis resolves, Daddy and Sylvia have a long chat about what feels even better than apologizing.

Spilky is always in a hurry. In his haste, he makes a big mistake, a mistake that teaches him a lesson about the value of slowing down.

Martin & Sylvia learn what it means to "pay it forward".

Martin feels he's missing out on helping Daddy and Sylvia with their May Day preparations but comes to have his own May Day fun at Wilderness School.