Blog Name: Imagination Soup
Blog URL: http://imaginationsoup.net
Twitter Name:@imaginationsoup & @melissawrites
Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/54666

When did you start your blog and why?

I started Imagination Soup on a whim this past May. My freelance writing was slow and I decided to teach writing classes for kids over the summer.  I named my program Imagination Soup and started a blog to share fun literacy activities with parents, hoping to inspire children to take my writing classes.  My writing classes took off and so did Imagination Soup, the blog.  Now, Imagination Soup has learning activities in literacy, math and science, all of which can be integrated together.  I love writing and researching these ideas.  It combines my background as a teacher with my new life as a mom and writer.  It’s my perfect job!

Tell us a little about yourself outside of your interest in books.

I’m a mom of two girls, a freelance writer, teacher with an M.A. in Global Education and coffee aficionado. As a child, my mom would take a cardboard box to the library to haul home our weekly books — on our bikes. We didn’t own a television so all I did was read.  I was the kid who got in trouble at school for reading instead of doing my class work.  Such a trouble maker!



Your favorite book from your youth and the story behind it.

My favorite book was a series of books, The Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  My mom read aloud to us every night and I can still imagine Laura’s story as I did in bed so many year ago.  I vividly remember a scene from (I think) The Long Winter where the snow was so high that the family had to hold onto a line tied to the barn and the house so they wouldn’t get lost in the blizzard-like conditions. All the books stuck in my mind as I imagined myself as Laura, facing the trials and challenges of the frontier. Her entire life was such an adventure, I loved reading about every bit of it.

Melissa’s site is wonderful! As a mom of two little ones I have to say that the site wasn’t only well put together, but it’s also a great resource for activities and educational tools. Everything is broken down into categories and it makes it so easy just to jump right into what you’re looking for. In particular I love the “Imagination” section. I’m not very creative sometimes when it comes to making up things to do with little kids that keep their interest, but she has numerous ideas that require little or no money to put together. I highly recommend it!

Also, Melissa is currently holding a few different giveaways one for a free one year subscription to Little Bird Tales activity books. Another for those car kids out there a Solar Racing Car. And two ebooks – Get Smart Play:  15 Fun Themes from Bakery to Veterinarian and Ready, Set, Blog:  Writing a Family Blog. So head on over and check it out!

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