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: The Museum

The story of The Museum by Susan Verde, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds, is a delightful adventure in creativity. The goal in this Start With A Story pack is to have students embark on empathy-driven activities that let them perceive art, just like the little girl: being exposed to even more artwork, feeling in tune with their own emotions, and claiming original creations as their own.

Through the 5+ lessons of Start with a Story: The Museum, we have focused on these concepts along with the creativity self awareness.

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