Bureaucrat turned entrepreneur with storytelling platform @fabled_kids. Fabled app, podcast & book #TheFutureIsMakeBelieve. https://xitter.cf/t.co/RXmhNTgkuN
City of London, London
Joined December 2008
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Over 40 young authors. Stories to astound & delight. Writing tips to inspire. All by kids age 2-12. Sublime illustration by @lozives @bowyerjane. Lift your spirits. Let these young voices transport you. #thefutureismakebelieve shop.fabledkids.com
You find your kids journal lying open & can't resist a read - what happens next? (Also awesome glow in the dark coins...) open.substack.com/pub/laural…
I've started a newsletter - Imaginalia from my squirrel-horde of findings about make believe. Stories, tips, tidbits - general crack for your creative superpowers. A drink-me bottle for the storytellers in your life, big or small. Join here! lauraleehamm.substack.com
FASCINATING take: "school kids...use their phones, this technology of efficiency, to escape efficiency, to play" @TheTeacherTom on the pressure & "tedium" of adultified childhood - if a kid brought phones to his playful preschool he doubts it wld be used tinyurl.com/mr3wtpf6
Just donated to this fantastic @ImaginationLdn to support refugee children - a few days to join !
Only a few days left to help us put our Imagination Box - Colours 🌈 into the hands of thousands of children who have been displaced. Thanks to the @ChildhoodTrust 🙌 every £ donated to our campaign until 21June will be⚡️doubled⚡️ bit.ly/3MVKL6x
And now the sequel to this marvellous book is in the works! Get kids to submit their questions to @mollyoldfield to get them answered in print!
“Creativity is a bit like exercise—it’s sometimes best to find small opportunistic ways to include it in your daily routine rather than commit to a large-scale change of lifestyle.” thinking of what my @ryantomorrow post-it equivalent will be… whyisthisinteresting.substac…
… also interesting that this is exactly how children approach creativity - opportunistically, fast, delightedly & with whatever tools are to hand. They rarely identify as “creatives” but are the most creative. (Thanks to @huey @Storythings newsletter for great link as ever!)
#onceuponafairytale - by the @oharasisters is a triumph - a you-choose book that inspires real storytelling. Riotous joyful words & illustrations to match the wild beauty of childish imagining. Brilliant! @MacmillanKidsUK
I'm back "on-lion" as my 4 year old calls it, here's my latest instagram video on my new life-mantra, Accept All Cookies.... (or how to ride the bliss when it comes & help the kids do the same) instagram.com/p/CeDs6shqBk1/
Hugely deserved deeply exciting win for marvellous humans @_DavidStevens @aimeefelone and all of @_KnightsOf. Congratulations!
The winner of Children's Publisher of the Year (sponsored by @WeAreRocketHQ) is... @_KnightsOf! An amazing year for them, with sales growth AND wins on Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, Carnegie Medal + Blue Peter Best Story Book Award! #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies ✒️📚🏆
Nervous toe back in the twitter-waters with my new buddy, baby girl no.3, a heavenly 3 months. Working on some fun @fabled_kids projects while she sleeps.
VERY excited for this book to drop on my doorstep, and everyone else's! Everything Under the Sun - questions answered for curious kids by the marvellous @mollyoldfield
Such a pleasure to have @stephenfry on @everythinguts after writing for @qikipedia for 1st 12 series! Now it’s time for kids to have fun! Hear Stephen answering a child’s Q about Apollo on this weeks ep - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
+ check out my BOOK out now!tinyurl.com/sevammkk
National Writing Day is here! And another gorgeous #creativewriting challenge from the wonderful @FirstStory on the theme of connection, which, wonderfully, is what writing is surely for.
🎉 HAPPY NATIONAL WRITING DAY! 🎉
Join First Story, schools and writers nationwide in celebrating the power and pleasure of #creativewriting.
Your voice is powerful. Use it on National Writing Day, and beyond.
firststory.org.uk/writeday/
Through imaginative play children are "inventing abstract thinking - the act of stepping outside oneself... They are inventing & re-inventing themselves as thinking people, before the world tells them what to think." youtube.com/watch?v=wWxYRkmH…
Watching videos of that master of story-play Vivian Gussin Paley in action - look at the care she takes transcribing this child's story. What a woman. @MakeBelieveArts how happy that her legacy can live on with you youtube.com/watch?v=RYZoStet…
Very proud & excited for our new CEO of @YoungCitizensUK - Ashley Hodges @PaperMaven, as Vice Chair of the Board couldn't be more thrilled with the appointment charitytimes.com/ct/Youth-ch…
“The short summary is, babies and children are basically tripping all the time.” @AlisonGopnik. I just learned brain scans of adults on magic mushrooms match those of toddlers - how much gentler would we be with kids if we treated them like they were constantly tripping?