Get Clever
In the last year, our TaleTree community has made it a point to engage in more sustainable practices. We encourage our campers to stray away from purchasing new materials for their creations and to think instead about what they have within reach. So many clever and surprising solutions have come from this process. Our creative campers turn bottle caps into bathroom sinks, toilet paper rolls into rabbits, boxes into vehicles, branches into tiny homes, and so much more.
As we encourage our campers (and ourselves) to be resourceful with materials for the sake of the Earth, we are also challenging them to explore creativity in unconventional ways. We consider it important to look for creativity in unexpected places to further explore the depths of their own imaginations. This approach nurtures critical thinking not just in artistic processes but also in other facets of intelligence like scientific, mathematical, musical, or spatial thought.
Can you see what kinds of recycled objects were used in this week’s creations?
”Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.”
- Albert Einstein
My Young Parents
What do you think your parents were like when they were younger? Write a story about it.
Fairy Village
Gather twigs, leaves and flowers, then use your imagination to create a fairy village!
Day & Night
Daylight lasts for an entire 6 months in Antarctica’s summer, and winter includes 6 months of darkness. What would you do during summer and winter vacation in Antarctica?
Writing the Truth
You find a package on your front door with your name on it, and you open it to find a magical book. Everything you write inside it becomes true. What do you write?
Kids’ own creations
“Our mission at TaleTree is to change the way kids experience and expand their creativity”
