Kate's Blog
These are the things I know about imagination, trust, and the worlds people build when you stop correcting them, at eight or at eighty.
Thoughts and Evidence
Unlocking Hero Status: The Simple Truth About Engaging the iPad Generation
by: KateHow do we engage the iPad generation? The answer is deceptively simple: stop being the hero. Give the role to the child.
She Is Not Addicted. She Is Understimulated
by: KateThe child who cannot put the phone down is not addicted. She is waiting for someone to ask the right question.
The Child's Lens Changes Everything
by: KateAdults who write for children remember. Children who write their own stories know. The difference is everything.
The Story That Shows Children Who They Are
by: KateGabriel was ten when he was separated from his mother. What saved him and what it proves about the power of a child's own story.
BOOK KATE TO SPEAK
Build a world together, and trust follows.
Your people are being asked to trust each other across distance, across generations and through constant change. Most have never been shown how.
Kate Markland has. For a time she had one hour a week with her son Gabriel, on a FaceTime call. They spent it building a world. She asked one question, wrote down everything he said and corrected nothing. That world became three books and a method tested in nine UK schools.
In her keynote, Create the World You Want, Kate shows your audience how trust is really built, and gives them a method they can use the same evening.
For leadership, education and family audiences.
Even the kids who don’t like writing didn’t want to leave.
Even the kids who don’t like writing didn’t want to leave.
STORYQUEST
StoryQuest gives children the freedom to imagine, speak and be heard without being corrected, guided or rushed. It begins with a story. But what families create together is something much bigger: connection.
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