Story Game: Slow As A Turtle

Turn a timer on your A+ for 30 mins and write as slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowly as you can, at a very sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow pace.

When the timer is up, look through what you've read and read it out loud to a friend or family member.

And remember, budding writers:

Slow and steady wins the great desert race!

Story Game: Draw What You Imagine

Had any ideas from the night before and cannot remember them off by heart?

Draw them!

This game is really simple: take out a notebook and draw your story in pictures, page by page. Once you've done them all, colour it all in!

It doesn't matter whether you can draw imperfectly or like a pro, what matters most is anyone can draw no matter how talented they are at it!

Story Games: JUMP!

The word is: JUMP.

To play this storytelling game, first, ask ChatGPT to pick a random picture from Google Images.

Then, think of a sentence starting with the first letter of the word JUMP - J. For the next page, begin the next sentence you write with the word U. For the last two letters, do what's described above.

And if you're too tired to play the game, use the word for your quiet time out. Start off by describing something from your imagination beginning with the word 'J'. For example:

J - Joy. I feel joy in playing in the river, or, J - Joy. I feel joy in reading old copies of Fun To Learn Favourites.

Do the same with the next three letters in the word until you've fully completed the game. Then, get out a notebook from the drawer or bedside shelf and write down what you thought up.

Now clear off and spend the whole day jumping like a bouncy baby bunny!

Whimsical Architect: A Review

Whimsical Architect: A Coloring Book Features Relaxing Illustrations in Fantasy Theme Included Castle, Town, Treehouse, Mushroom and More.. For Kids or Adults by Uri Levy
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Not only is a relaxing colouring book, but it also gives lots of architect and design ideas!

The perfect book that inspires the designer and home maker in all of us - now I can design some upgrades for our house, what was once one of my relatives' house!

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Fireman Sam & Naughty Norman: A Review: Egmont, Surely You Can Change The Title?!

Fireman Sam and Naughty Norman by Diane Wilmer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Really? Is this a good choice for a Fireman Sam story title?

I think the proper title should be, 'Fireman Sam & The Christmas Lights'.

Save this title for a book adaptation of Norman's Tricky Day, Egmont crew!

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Peter Rabbit 2 Mad Libs Junior: A Review

 

Peter Rabbit 2 Mad Libs Junior: Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway by Mad Libs
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is so much fun!

I did it all in one day, and it's very good for teaching small children about nouns, verbs and adjectives while turning boring storywriting into a fun game they can play with their friends and families.

Love it love it love!

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Peter's Hidden Dangers Story Game

Well done, kids! You've just bought Peter Rabbit 2 Mad Libs Junior! But there's one problem. You may have completed the Mad Libs word game about Bea and Thomas' wedding, but there's some words missing. So Peter and his siblings have an assignment just for you!

Use each letter of the remaining words to start every new page of your own Hidden Dangers: Tales Of Peril story. Remember, the rule is: don't use any words you've already used in the wedding story, or you're officially carrots on toast with mushy cheese!

BENJAMIN: Mmmm, my favourite!

Peter Rabbit's Fun Facts

1. Cottontail can cook iced buns using pink rose petals.
2. Cottontail thinks lamps make good sliding poles, like ones firemen use.
3. Cottontail gets most uncomfortable when someone shoves a rock into her bellybutton.
4. Cottontail loves scribbling and drawing with crayons.
5. Flopsy's favourite day is World Book Day.
6. Flopsy loves soft, cuddly pillows.
7. Mopsy can get sleepy easily.
8. Cottontail can't get easily memorable songs out of her head.
9. Cottontail loves and is grateful to all the mice in the countryside outside Bea's cottage.
10. Cottontail's tail makes a squeak sound when someone grabs it.

Story Games: Three Lines, Three Breaths Of Fresh Air

Take three mindful, deep breaths. Afterward, think of a story you've been meaning to write, and either write three soft key words themed around one scene, a list of three scene ideas, or just tell the story in three three line sentences. Remember, the best things in life come in threes!

Story Games: Music From Heaven

Listen to the music and try to think of some kind, gentle and sometimes weird things Lady Penelope, Tin Tin and my baby self would find in 8th Heaven. With every time the next song starts playing, draw a new picture and label it with various key words to tell you what the song reminds you off and what your creation or place is.

Story Games: What Makes Me Smile?

Back in the beginning of the milennium, Pudsey had the power to make everyone smile. Choose one of the characters above, and write a list from A to Z or an acrostic list based on their names of what makes your chosen character smile - it can be anything!

Story Games: Who Do You Miss Most, Mr Brum?

When you look at the old episodes of Brum, what do you miss most? Have one family member play the interviewer and you play Brum, and ask a variety of questions about the friends he used to love and the things he used to get up to, until Paul Leather horrendously changed his life forever and ruined it.

Story Games: Nostalgia Or Ideas? We Make You Think Of...

When you look at this picture, what colourful pieces of nostalgia does it remind you of? Pick a few examples starting with the first letters of the characters shown - Teletubbies, Spot, Noddy, Pingu, Playdays, Bob The Builder, Tweenies and Star Hill Ponies - and write a list of things they remind you of. And if you have an idea, use those first letters to write down small words for your ideas.