Connection To Creativity

Connection To Creativity Raising joyful, confident readers through phonics-based literacy. For families, schools & community. Cuddle & Read • Literacy Shows • Literacy Boutique Parent?

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08/31/2026

Mail Time is about giving children a meaningful reason to communicate. 💌✏️

Through purposeful pretend play, children can draw, make marks, practice early writing, share ideas, and begin to understand that messages have meaning.

That is the heart of Novel & Novella Mail Time helping children play, imagine, communicate, connect, and grow as readers.

And for me, it comes full circle.

The piece you see at the end was colored by my son years ago. At the time, I didn’t fully understand the importance of those early markings. Today, after creating Mail Time, I understand just how much those beginning stages of communication matter.

Every mark matters. Every message matters.

Messages have meaning. 💌Before children are writing full sentences, they are already learning that their thoughts, drawi...
08/30/2026

Messages have meaning. 💌

Before children are writing full sentences, they are already learning that their thoughts, drawings, marks, words, and ideas can communicate something to someone else.

When children feel heard and understood, confidence grows.

And when communication becomes meaningful, it helps strengthen the skills children use as they grow as readers.

At Connection to Creativity, we believe early literacy is built through meaningful experiences that help children communicate, connect, and grow.

Something meaningful is coming. ✉️

Follow along.

Imagination gives children something to say. 💜Through pretend play, drawing, scribbling, talking, and sharing ideas, chi...
08/27/2026

Imagination gives children something to say. 💜

Through pretend play, drawing, scribbling, talking, and sharing ideas, children begin to understand that their messages have meaning.

These playful moments are also early literacy moments building language, communication, confidence, and the foundation for reading and writing.

PLAY → IMAGINE → COMMUNICATE → CONNECT → GROW AS READERS

Play is a child’s work and meaningful learning happens while they play.Through purposeful pretend play, children practic...
08/24/2026

Play is a child’s work and meaningful learning happens while they play.

Through purposeful pretend play, children practice communicating, build vocabulary, explore early writing, and strengthen the confidence they need to grow as readers.

When we make room for play, we make room for literacy to bloom. 🌱📚

How does purposeful play support learning in your school?

08/22/2026

✉️ Something meaningful is coming to classrooms…

A new way for children to play, imagine, connect, and grow as readers. 💜📚

School leaders and educators, mark your calendars:

🗓️ September 22, 2026

Follow us for the big reveal!

04/27/2026

Where Reading Pal goes, reading grows!
The Bubble Buggy made a stop at Ps 398!

The journey to raise readers starts in support ! Love to share with teachers and supporting them! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
04/27/2026

The journey to raise readers starts in support ! Love to share with teachers and supporting them! ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Small moments raise readers. 📚✨It’s not always the big plans…it’s the everyday ones.The ride to school.The kitchen table...
04/13/2026

Small moments raise readers. 📚✨

It’s not always the big plans…
it’s the everyday ones.

The ride to school.
The kitchen table.
Waiting in line.

Those quiet, in-between moments?
That’s where confidence starts to grow.

You don’t need more time.
You just need to use the moments you already have. 💛

Because literacy doesn’t start at school…
it starts at home. 🌱📖

04/07/2026

I thought I needed to do more…
more money, more help, more everything.

But what actually made the difference?

The moments I already had.

Small.
Simple.
Consistent.

That’s where reading starts to grow. 🌱📚

04/06/2026

Don’t take our word for it… listen to the teachers 🎥📚

This is real feedback from classrooms experiencing Cuddle & Read™ through our subscription program and the impact speaks for itself.

From increased engagement to more confident participation, teachers are seeing the shift happen right in front of them.

Because when reading is structured, interactive, and consistent…
students don’t just listen—
they connect. 💛

🌱 This is what raising readers looks like in real classrooms.

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