Homeschool Storytelling AND Creative Writing

"Twelve Little Tales is a refreshing and magical invitation into the world of story for young children. I used the tales as creative writing prompts for my 2nd and 3rd graders. They loved diving into a magical land through Marna’s lovely storytelling and then being the given the invitation to take over as storyteller as they chose their favorite of various story starters on beautifully illustrated story-starters. They produced more rich and imaginative writing than with the average journal prompt or story starter."
Annie A.
Third Grade Teacher
Mountain Sage Community School

Hello homeschooling families!

Many of Twelve Little Tales subscribers are homeschoolers using the stories for early childhood and younger grades
story-time and for older children to use for creative writing. The open ended cards allow for imagination to flow or for one to creatively incorporate the subjects that are being studied in the current curriculum.
Each month comes with approximately 1100 words of story-starting magic so theres lots of reading involved too!

Children are amazing storytellers!

You will find that when given small prompts the children's imaginations run wild and they will come up with wonderful stories filled with adventure. 

For adults, storytelling can sometimes be difficult in the beginning.

When I first started telling stories to my young daughter I had wonderful intentions but couldn't think of a thing to say! I didn't have a lot of confidence nor could I form ideas that seemed "good enough". Now I know that anything that I made up would have delighted my child to no end. But, I know that others have the same experience that I did. This is part of the reason I created Twelve Little Tales, so that I could help others with story-starters and ideas each month. The content is simple, timeless and based in nature and seasonal wonder and leaves room for all of your ideas and creativity. 

Some words from happy homeschoolers:

"We loved using the tales for our creative writing this past year! My boys would draw story cards and glue them into their journals to use as prompts. Sometimes the stories would go on for pages they were so excited to keep the characters going!"
- C. Lyons

"Our journals that we use for creative writing in our homeschool are filled solely with these tales. That they ignite the imagination of my 11 and 16 year olds speaks to the beauty of how these tales speak to all ages. We have used these exclusively for over two years and where we have gone with them is magical and wonderful and memories have been made that we will forever cherish. They opened deep and beautiful spaces in the minds of our children and that is above and beyond our wildest expectations." - H. Dunham

Visit the STORE to start a subscription or to make a one-time payment. 
I am an Inspire School and Sage Oak vendor and am happy to become a vendor at your charter/homeschool as well. Let me know!

New! Creative writing sheets to print out. One for each of the 12 cards each month. 

Photos of creative writing courtesy of Courtney Lyons.

Photos courtesy of Amber Crawley @makershaven or @crawleyschool

Photo courtesy of Heather @halfacrehomeschool