A lively Bilingual story teaching children the names of colors in English and in Spanish, illustrated with photos of beautiful fruits and vegetables growing in an organic garden.

A Bilingual early learning story for preschoolers and kindergarten students, with each line spoken in both languages, and the names of basic colors displayed on the screen in English and in Spanish.

A story to help kids get ready for kindergarten – and inspire healthy eating, arts activities, planting seeds and starting a garden of your own.

Welcoming Spanish-speaking and bilingual families, English Language Learners and everybody learning Spanish!

Many thanks to @DaystarLife_StPete 's Edible Garden and Food Pantry Farm in St. Petersburg FL!

performed by Dora Arreola and Eugenie Bondurant

written and produced by Sheila Cowley

translated by Dora Arreola

illustrated by Robin Clemmons

preschool

pre-K

ready for kindergarten

bilingual kids

growing up bilingual

learn colors

learn colors for toddlers

learn colors for kids

developing creativity in kids

STEAM activities for kids

gardening for children

#prek

#kindergartenready

#colorsforkids

Surprising facts about how oysters build underwater cities, clean our water and help protect our shoreline!

You can find an illustrated version of this story on the Sparks Creative Stories YouTube channel.

Inspired by the work of marine scientist Olivia Blondheim of the University of South Florida College of Marine Science and creative summer campers at DeSoto Park Recreation Center in Tampa FL.

An inclusive audio adventure welcoming dyslexic and autistic kids, and everybody who loves stories about science!

written and produced by Sheila Cowley

performed by Vickie Daignault and Fanni Green

with many thanks to Tampa Parks and Recreation

made possible thanks to the City of Tampa Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs

Feature image by Jalen

#steameducation

#scienceisreal

#marinescience

Astonishing, amazing algae! From microscopic plankton to 200' long seaweed, algae created oxygen on Earth and terraformed our planet by evolving into plants and trees. Everybody eats algae – or eats someone who does. . .

A fun story of surprising algae facts and uses, from algae airplane fuel and sneakers to camouflaging tree sloths and keeping baby otters from drifting out to sea. Algae are vital and amazing – and can help fix the climate crisis!

You can find an illustrated version of this story with amazing visuals on the Sparks Creative Stories YouTube channel!

An inclusive audio adventure welcoming dyslexic and autistic kids, and everybody who loves stories about science!

Many thanks to the University of South Florida College of Marine Science, the USF Optical Oceanography Lab, The Oceanography Camp Especially For Girls and Creative Clay St. Pete

Feature image – Clown of Essential Forest in Seas by Ashton T.

#steameducation

#marineeducation

#scienceisamazing