Looking for a lively change of pace and splash of creative fun? Come on over and play your way to the page with Society of Young Inklings’ Family Story Nights. This spring and summer, we’re offering three Family Story Nights. Each features an author leading your family through a creative workshop designed to help you stretch your thinking skills and tap into your unique voice.
Stories offer us ways to play together, to connect, and to share our perspective and ideas. At Young Inklings, we tap into storytelling in playful, hands-on ways that bypass resistance so that we can access wholehearted connection. Playing together as a family isn’t always easy––but it is always important. When we’re stretched and emotionally tired, when the world feels full of uncertainty and fear, making the choice to stop and play may not feel intuitive. However, as Dr. Brené Brown reminds us, based on her extensive research into wholehearted living, “The opposite of play is not work––the opposite of play is depression.”
The world needs extra sparkle these days, an infusion of effervescent energy, and maybe even a little magic. That’s why we want to invite you and your family to come play with us. You don’t have to do anything except show up––we’ll guide you out of your living room and into the landscape of creative play. The shared stories and ideas you’ll create might even spark ideas for continued family creativity, an opportunity to invent and share stories together.
In our first session, join author, Naomi Kinsman, in a world-building workshop. Your family will dream up your own world––think Narnia, Wonderland, or Middle Earth––and then explore the story possibilities your shared landscape might hold. In our other two sessions, you’ll build characters of your own imagining with author Lisa Frenkel Riddiough, and play with words and images with author/illustrator, Daria Peoples-Riley. Join us for one session, or join us for creative family fun in all three.
These sessions are appropriate for the whole family. While the actual writing and creative activities will best suit writers ages 6 through 106, younger family members can also help out with ideas and drawings and of course, by adding their joy and laughter.
