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Books: The Creative Family: How to encourage imagination and nurture family connections by Amanda Blake Soule

It seems like I am the last one to know about Amanda Blake Soule's book The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections. This great book focuses on all aspects of creativity and connection from the obvious crafting activities to walks in the woods, camping and even the importance of taking time to decorate the dinner table. The book includes a wonderful passage about how less is more when it comes to toys for our young ones and that the fewer, simpler toys we have, the more imagination we will allow and foster in our children. She also urges us to buy fewer toys and art supplies so that we can splurge on the higher quality and more beautiful ones. Her activities are for parent and child to do together or for a parent to do on her own to preserve the memories and achievements of her young, nurturing connections in different ways.

Amanda also has a blog that you can reach through her website and is working on a second book that focuses on repurposing objects. The Creative Family is available online at Natural Pod and other online sellers. Special thanks to mama Shannon and her Mackenzie for telling us about this book.

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