The Creative Family: Simple Projects and Activities for You and Your Children That Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connection by Amanda Blake Soule, Amanda Blake Soule (Photographer)
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- Pub. Date: April 2008
- 224pp
- Sales Rank: 14,498
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2008
- Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
- Format: Paperback, 224pp
- Sales Rank: 14,498
- ISBN-13: 9781590304716
- ISBN: 1590304713
Synopsis
When you learn to awaken your family’s creativity, wonderful things will happen: you’ll make meaningful connections with your children in large and small ways; your children will more often engage in their own creative discoveries; and your family will embrace new ways to relax, play, and grow together. With just the simple tools around you—your imagination, basic art supplies, household objects, and natural materials—you can transform your family life, and have so much more fun!
Amanda Soule has charmed many with her tales of creativity and parenting on her blog, SouleMama. Here she shares ideas and projects with the same warm tone and down-to-earth voice. Perfect for all families, the wide range of projects presented here offers ideas for imaginative play, art and crafts, nature explorations, and family celebrations.
This book embraces a whole new way of living that will engage your children’s imagination, celebrate their achievements, and help you to express love and gratitude for each other as a family.
Biography
Amanda Blake Soule is the creator of the popular blog www.SouleMama.com. Amanda spends her days with her four young children—making things, thrifting, exploring and being inspired by their coastal Maine surroundings. Learn more about her and find her blog at www.amandasoule.com.
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Practical, Do-Able, Inspiring Projects for Children & Older Adultsby Anonymous
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August 15, 2009: Although targeted toward parents of young children, I personally found this book helpful with down-to-earth activity ideas that could easily be adapted for use with older adults. Although the language was geared toward the 'young family', information and ideas can be adapted for use with special needs populations and can also be used with older adults in the beginning stages of dementia. My copy of the book has about 20 Post-its on various pages where the projects presented were especially successful/stimulating, such as: cutting eye-catching pictures from magazines (gardening, fashions, etc.); collecting vintage advertising; bringing things home from nature walks (shells, pine cones, acorns, autumn leaves); planting things in the soil (in our case it was window boxes); enjoying trips to the lake or beach and delighting in the sights and sounds at water's edge; making even small occasions "very special" by using fancy dishes, pretty linens or sipping sparkling cider from stemware. Projects presented in the book are very do-able and the content is well thought out and well presented. The book stresses that making time for creativity in our lives should be a priority. "Creative time," Amanda writes, "is time well spent." It was certainly that way with my mother and the older adults in assisted living who became her friends. Enjoying planned activities and nurturing our creative spirits helped us share lots of smiles, laughter and happy times.
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May 30, 2008: This book is uplifting and thoughtful. I just love the gentle ways in which we are remided to be grateful. I enjoyed this book so much that I am reading it for a second time already. You will grow a little as a parent. I have.
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