Imagination Lab: Experiments in Creativity (The Story Seeds Podcast(tm))

"It's hard to find activity books that keep kids genuinely engaged. Whether its long airplane rides, family road trips, screen-free moments, or summer vacation, this one is a keeper. Ideal for at home fun, distance learning, or the classroom, Imagination Lab: Experiments in Creativity is Wirecutter/New York Times, Common Sense Media, and Parents Magazine approved. This activity book brings the best of a magazine, workbook, and journal together! It features over 80 pages of episode inspired, printable pages filled with screen-free writing, listening, drawing, and maker prompts and projects to pair with each episode from the Webby-Award winning Story Seeds Podcast. Kids scan the QR codes inside to transform podcast listening into literacy and creativity!A Gift That Gets UsedSelected by Wirecutter/The New York Times as one of the Best Gifts for 10-Year-Olds. Featured in Good Housekeeping, VeryWell Family, and Parents Magazine. Unlike toys that break or apps that get deleted, Imagination Lab is a gift that extends far beyond the occasion. This activity book that goes wherever kids go—and keeps them genuinely, joyfully engaged. Packed with over 80 pages of writing prompts, STEAM projects, poetry challenges, art activities, cooking experiments, and more, it's the creative companion families can reach for again and again. Here's how it works:Step 1 - Scan a QR code to listen to The Story Seeds PodcastThe activity book has ten unique QR codes, each of which links to The Story Seeds Podcast , which was named 2020 Podcast of the Year by The Week Junior, featured in Wired, The New York Times, and on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Every episode follows a best-selling author and child on an adventure to create a story together and features a storytime segment read aloud by the author. Plus, a theme song by MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden that kids ask to hear again and again.Step 2 - Get Busy with Screen-Free & Literacy Inspired ActivitiesOne quick QR code scan launches a Story Seeds episode. Then kids put the device down and create—writing, drawing, cooking, building, imagining. No Wi-Fi needed. No app to download. Just scan once, then listen and engage on paper in activities that honor imagination while building literacy skills. For ages 6–12.Perfect for travel, homeschool, and summer learning Built around exclusive writing tips and prompts from 10 bestselling, diverse children's authors — including Jason Reynolds, Chris Grabenstein, Veera Hiranandani, Tracey Baptiste, and Carlos Hernandez — Imagination Lab keeps kids reading, writing, and thinking. Pages have write-on lines and back matter includes STEAM curriculum connections for writing craft,s poetry, science, art, cooking, and storytelling.What's Inside (80+ pages):Exclusive writing tips from 10 bestselling children's authorsWriting prompts, journaling, and storytelling activitiesSTEAM projects and maker challengesPoetry prompts and art activitiesCooking and hands-on experimentsQR codes linking to ten Story Seeds episodesEvery chapter works independentlyWhat readers are saying:"An activity book to inspire curiosity, inventiveness, and storytelling." — Wirecutter/The New York Times"Diverse, portable, open-ended, screen-free, creative & cool! It's packed with open-ended activities perfect for homeschooling." — Karen Alexander, mother of three"For reluctant readers or those who crave engagement, try this innovative activity book." — VeryWell Family Read more