Here’s a fun activity I would play with my kids when we traveled. It ties in great with yesterday’s prompt of myth making and storytelling. When playing at home, everyone builds on the story by adding a sentence or idea. I would designate one person as scribe. The scribe writes down the story and reads it back at the end and also plays. For our online version, I’ll start the story and everyone gets to add a sentence. Rules: - One sentence at a time - You can add more than one sentence but they can’t be in a row. - Copy the existing story into a comment and add your sentence. Story ends at 11:59 pm CDT today. I’ll start. Tagging a few to get us started. Thanks @Allan R. for the first sentence. @Daniel Cavaretta @Adam Formanek @Betty Jo Winters @Mayelice Castro @Andrea Quintal Portas @Anna Brown @Janell Bitton @Blue Mojo @Celia Kibler @Charlie Svensson @Aurelie Delahalle @Gus Gray @Max Orlewicz @Lisa Vanderveen @Mukkove Johnson

I’m in the AI Storytelling community and working on ideas for our about page. Which video do you prefer:

Thank you for believing in my vision. Let’s extend a warm welcome to our newest members @Charlotte Bick @Cam Parkes @Wendy Venema @Paula Artis and @Sandy Chong Charlotte is my real life assistant and she’s helping me organize the classrooms. She also has years of homeschool experience and I’m glad she agreed to help me here. Cam is new and runs an RPG community. I’ve asked him to schedule a game play session so so let us know if you’re interested. Thinking of you @Gus Gray @Daniel Cavaretta @Evelene Sterling @Michelle Fuentes as you were interested in our last live game night. Wendy has a mom’s group that some of you might be interested in and Paula is offering an AI camp for kids in June. Sandy and I know each other from Crust and Crumb Academy. A few days ago, she shared her dough was looking at her and I used that idea and her picture to create this welcome video. Enjoy and take a minute to introduce yourself. Then pop over to #Welcome to Connected Through Play to see how the community works.

Fun Food Market Game for Kids 🛒 Want your little one to learn a little French while having fun? 😊Try this cute bilingual market game from MonPetitWorld! Kids can: 🍓 learn fruit vocabulary 🛒 pretend to shop 💬 practice simple French sentences 💰 use play money and shopping lists Examples: - “Je voudrais une pomme 🍎” - “Merci !” - “Combien ça coûte ?” Perfect for ages 3–10 and great for playful learning at home

Daily rhythm charts are simple visual tools that help kids know what's coming next. It is not a rigid schedule, just a gentle flow to your day. Instead of answering "what are we doing now?" a hundred times, kids can check the chart and feel confident and calm. Here are a few easy ways to bring them to life with your little ones: 1. Let kids decorate it Hand them crayons or stickers and let them personalize their chart. Ownership = buy-in. 2. Draw it together Skip the words and draw tiny pictures for each activity (a sun for wake-up, a fork for lunch). Great for pre-readers. 3. Do a morning walk-through Spend two minutes at breakfast pointing to the day together so kids know what to expect. 4. Add one fun anchor Include something they love (popsicle break, outdoor time, a read-aloud) so the rhythm feels like something to look forward to, not follow. 5. Let them check things off Give them a dry-erase marker or sticker dots to mark what's done. That tiny moment of completion builds real confidence.