SHARING YOUR CREATIVITY WITH BRITELY

Mr. Chris and the kids love to carve pumpkins. I enjoy taking pictures of them doing this yearly ritual. The goofy laughter, smearing of pumpkin guts on faces and planning of jack-o-lantern designs are always something we look forward to each and every year with our little ghouls. 

Recently, we found a very cool way to share our pictures in a flip book and wanted to share it with you. Take a look at 'A Toddler's Guide To Pumpkin Carving'! 

This book was created at the site called Britely. Have you heard of them? No? Well, let me tell you a little bit about them.

"Britely makes it easy to share those ideas in a fun new visual 
format called a brite. Brites are short, digital books filled with beautiful pictures that you can read in under 30 seconds. Britely is free to use." 

Not only are they easy to use and fun to make, they are a great way to visually spruce up your blog. But guess what? You don't have to be a blogger to make one! ANYBODY can. You can share a lesson plan, show off your recent trip to Disney, display the different cakes you've designed, create a photo story of your pumpkin patch visit, publish a story you've written, or use them in a classroom to bring out your student's creativity! There are so many ways to use this site. 

The sign-up is quick, free and easy. The site itself guides you through making the book step-by-step. The options available are appealing and not overwhelming. So what are you waiting for? Create your Brite today! 

  (Then PLEASE share the link with us so I can see it.)

Have you heard our story about pumpkin carving? 

The Patchwork Pumpkin: Part 1 (17:12) and Part 2 (12:14)
A little girl living on a farm longs to carve the Halloween pumpkin 

with her father but his chores seem to keep them apart. 

Can she find a different way to spent time with her father?
Free audio download: The Patchwork Pumpkin (Part 1)
Free audio download: The Patchwork Pumpkin (Part 2)

The Night Light Stories "Patchwork Pumpkin"

Hi All,

The Night Light Story household carved our pumpkins last night. There was a lot of laughter, pumpkin "guts", and pumpkin seeds! Below is the picture of our very own "Patchwork Pumpkin". You can download Episode 13 and Episode 14 by clicking on the links.


Feel free to share the pictures you take during this Harvest Season. We would love to post them for all to enjoy!

Also, don't forget! The fantastic and charastmatic children's band Rocknoceros is offering their new CD, PINK, as a prize to one of our loyal listeners. Click HERE to find out the details on how to enter! Contest ends October 31st.

EPISODE 14: The Patchwork Pumpkin, Part 2

Click here to listen to Part 2 of the Patchwork Pumpkin

Hello All,

We hope you enjoyed part two of the Patchwork Pumpkin. We plan on posting the pictures of our jack-o-lanterns this weekend after our "Carvefest" with the kid's grandparents. We would love to see yours as well! Send us a picture of how you are celebrating this time of year and we will post it for all to enjoy!

CONTEST CORNER

To help celebrate our 1st two part story, the Northern Virginia based band, Rocknoceros, generously offered their newest CD, PINK, as a prize for a contest. To enter, simply visit Rocknoceros' website and explore all around. Dance to some songs, check out their podcast, and read their bios. Then, come back to this post and leave a comment about what you found most interesting, fun, or inviting about this intriguing trio!

What did you say, a word of the day? That is right, in our story there are many illuminating words. Try and use them in your conversations this week!

awkward:lacking grace or ease in movement

exasperated:annoy extremely

flinch:to draw back or withdraw from

silhouette:the outline or general shape of something

COMPREHENSION CHALLENGE

After listening to the story, can you recall the details to

answer these questions?

1. What made Millie flinch in the hay loft?

2. Do you think Millie raked the leaves like her mom asked? What did she do with them?

3. Where was Millie's father before she showed him the scarecrow?

JUST ADD IMAGINATION!

Try these activities to keep your imagination glowing after hearing the story.

1. Make a list of things you could reuse around your house to make a scarecrow.

2. Visit Crayola.com's coloring website http://bit.ly/pwpump to create a picture from your favorite part in the story. Send it us at nightlightstories@gmail.com and we will post it for all to enjoy.

3. Carve your own digital pumpkin at http://www.puffgames.com/pumpkincarving