I'm in the middle of three hectic weeks of World Book Day visits
to infant schools and nurseries. I love school visits - they keep me in touch
with the age groups I write for and fire me with enthusiasm. And young children have such wonderful ideas…
Teddies are sliding down rainbows to swim with sharks,
floating around on balloons
and a fairy teddy is living in the stars.
Creatures of all shapes and sizes are hatching out of eggs
and sometimes they make lovely pets
Gilbert (my great white shark) is starring in all sorts of new stories
Castles are being discovered - this one's made of wood and visted by cloud dragons
and this one's made of candy and populated with purple princess unicorns.
I'm having so much fun and I'm so impressed by the
children's imaginations. Thanks to all the schools who have invited me to visit
– and congratulations to all the young writers and illustrators out there!
Wonderful stuff, Jane! I especially love that bumpy rainbow. Small children are the best at simply jumping into imaginative ideas, and that's an important lesson to us (supposed) grown-ups.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely smashing stuff, Jane! It's always my favourite part, seeing what the kids are inspired to create. I love all those Gilberts, he's a firm favourite in the Robinson household. Hope you're having a great time on your World Book Day visits.
ReplyDeleteJoyous! Thank you Jane. I feel very weighed down by grown-up stuff at the moment, and this is a great reminder to go and play like a child.
ReplyDeleteYou've made me smile, Jane, with teddies sliding down rainbows. I adore it when children stretch their imaginations. Do you find it can sometimes take a while to get them going and that just one or two children with good imaginations can inspire the others?
ReplyDeleteWe usually start talking about real things, then pretend, then they take off from there and yes, they do get inspired by each other's ideas. These ideas come from sessions of around 30-40 mins (then I have to move on to another group, so I rarely get to see or hear their finished stories).
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