Wendy and Terry had the amazing opportunity to sit down with father of three and Child Play Advocate Drew Vernon, on Episode 96 on the Fresh Start Family Show to talk about how we can empower our kids to build critical thinking & creativity skills through play & literature! 

Drew fell in love with encouraging play for children and talks to us about how creative play can be fundamental to our children’s critical thinking and problem solving and leaves us with three ways that we can enable our kids to become critical thinkers & great problem solvers through understanding: 

• Why screen-free time is so important
• How we can teach kids to learn the framework of good storytelling 
• How to help kids be the hero in their own story 

Drew also talks about the incredible, ‘Toniebox’ toy he has helped bring to the world that we are just absolutely in love with here at Fresh Start Family. 

‘Toniebox” toys are imagination-building, screen-free digital listening experiences that play stories, songs, and allow children to record their own stories. 

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Episode Highlights:

• The importance of practicing creativity as a family
• Allowing children to have creative playtime WITHOUT screens
• The importance of picking apart the elements of stories
• How storytelling can help kids through all phases of life
• Personal family stories & successes
• Bringing creative playtime to YOUR home
• Drew’s journey advocating for children through his career at Lego & Toniebox
• The story behind Tonies

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