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Every morning at our home held began with pajama clad children gathering around me, a pile of books strewn around our living room, settling in for a long read. Our worlds of books took us on journeys all over the universe—a spaceship to the heavens, stars, galaxies; under the ocean in submarines in world wars; on the stage of William Shakespeare; Daniel facing lions; a young boy facing giants with a sling shot, Sitting in the Vienna concert hall with Beethoven; to castles, duels, knights fighting with valor with maidens close by, and so much more.
After about an hour or two, I would then send everyone outside to pretend and live out the stories they had just experienced. A box of odds and ends made up costumes, plastic and wood swords, cowboy boots, capes and an array of artifacts from the second hand store gave vent to great costumes put into imagination on the wild mountain side of Colorado.
At around 10 or 11, Nathan, our epic adventurer wrote about it in a poem, “What will our Clubhouse be today?”
Clay found the floppy disc on which the poem was stored. My two youngest and most extraverted kids, who played and pretended for hours and hours as children, got together to polish and finish the writing of their wonderful book, The Clubhouse: Open the Door to Limitless Adventure.
People are always asking us, “How did you do it? How did you inspire your children to be authors, movie makers, composers, college instructors, podcasters?” This was the way—imagination, nightly discussions over great meals, a close, delightful relationships every day. This is how their hearts, minds and lives were shaped into adults who could imagine influencing their worlds for good.
Nathan, Joy and I recorded a podcast today to celebrate these ideas and this wonderful new book. To celebrate, I am giving away 5 copies of Awaking Wonder! I hope this will invigorate creative juices for children all over the world. To enter, follow us on Instagram (@sally.clarkson, @nathanjclarkson, @joynessthebrave,) and share a picture of The Clubhouse (pictured below) on Instagram or Facebook!
Hope you win. :)
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