Dr. Colm ? Cuanach?in:

It is a simple model where we just give children the space to create their own stories, plays, scripts or poetry. We support them in using their imaginations to write their own stories. We then go through the process of publishing and promoting those stories using social media and our website. Following these activities, we write books with the children in some schools and then publish them. For example, we are currently involved in an elaborate story seeds project across the country. We are working in an almost Chinese whispers way, doing chapter after chapter with class after class and group after group and publishing all of their stories in books as a celebration of ideas. Children can get confidence from seeing their books published. We have published a book annually with the young people in Oberstown. This is an example of how positive futures can be imagined out of that creative process. We have worked on books and stories with children in the CRC and DEIS schools.

While this is a simple idea, it can be transformative. Since it is simple, we can do it everywhere with every child if we have the resources and support in terms of teacher education and curriculum space.