Program Overview

Designed for all learning environments, the Start with a Story program ties the works of New York Times best-selling author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds to hands-on SEL, literacy and STEAM activities. Each lesson pack focuses on one book and includes five or more lessons to inspire creative learning and story activation for students in grades k-5. While teachers can begin with any lesson, we encourage instructors to start with a book reading and an SEL activity and/or the team-building activity before moving onto animation, engineering, and/or journaling.

About Start with a Story: When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left

We all get overwhelmed with worries, fears, and frustrations sometimes. When Things Aren’t Going Right, Go Left by Marc Colagiovanni encourages us to set down our worries and fears for a while and seek calm and confidence.

The 5 lessons of Start with a Story: When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left introduce self-management techniques to help in moments of frustration or stress and also helps build the creativity skills of resilience and reflection through group games and journaling.

Note: Licenses to Animation-ish and FabMaker Studio are recommended for two of the lessons. If you would like to purchase autographed books by Peter H. Reynolds visit his online bookshop, The Dot Central.

Annual Access to Curriculum = $50