Comments on: Raising Imaginative Kids: Lily Writes a Story

By: Jody

Jody — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:18:44 +0000

We love storytelling and I adore this post!! All of it – the story Lily wrote, that Emma transcribed it for her and that Anna clearly loved it too!

By: PragmaticMom

PragmaticMom — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:33:43 +0000

How sweet that Emma took the time and care to write down Lily’s story and I’m so glad you recorded it!!!

By: MaryAnne

MaryAnne — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:22:19 +0000

In reply to tara. First birthdays are usually really simple in our family. Just cake and then doing something the baby loves. I love your idea of time presents rather than tangible ones - more valuable, too.

By: tara

tara — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:10:43 +0000

I alsp really like Anna’s entry – reminds me so much of Nell. If you have time these next few days could you e-mail me what you have done for kids first birthdays? Nell’s is on Sunday. We have generally decided to give more time presents than tangible ones and so I am planning to simply make edible playdough for him and spend Sunday afternoon playing with him as a family. I think cake should be muffins…

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:10:05 +0000

I love that Emma wrote down Lily’s story and did such a great job at it. All your kids are incredibly creative, and I can see where their creativity is coming from :) Smarty does a lot more story telling when she is playing with friends, but I know that she has a lot of stories going silently in her mind. I wish she would write them down more, but she still finds writing tedious and prefers keeping them “in her brain” (her words).