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Introducing Creative Café!

“Creative Café” workshops are designed to lay a feast of beautiful ideas to spark each child's creativity. These  workshops , which are literature & art-based, are great for classroom teachers and homeschooling parents teaching a wide variety of ages. I also have several free  mini-workshops  that only require a color printer and a picture book to get started!   Because my children are still too young to participate in creative writing workshops, I've found other ways to introduce Creative Café at home (you can read the story behind the name  here ).  The basics for our at-home Creative Café are simple– we put on some coffee shop jazz or instrumental music, choose a spot with comfortable seating, and then we get to work on something creative! Sometimes I also offer refreshments.    Regardless of age, Creative Café is a fabulous way to inspire creative writers and thinkers. You can check out my free  Creative Café: The Basics  guide t...

Thundercake


Today we made our first Thundercake! My daughter has always been fearful of thunderstorms, so reading Patricia Polacco's Thundercake and making our own Thundercake was a great activity for a day with storms! 

We used Bob's Red Mill gluten-free chocolate cake mix and a canned frosting to keep it simple :) 


 

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