Adventure number 9: share your dream
There is something magical about writing your wish in a piece of paper and then launching it to the sky. Today I wanted to give strangers the possibility of doing just that. I stood there, in the...
View ArticleAdventure number 10: Smile! (video)
This is the easiest adventure of all, perfect for both kids and grown ups. Here you have a 2′ video that explains it all. I hope you enjoy it: Video Sinewan. Music: “When you are smiling”, by...
View ArticleAdventure number 11: Ditch your brushes (or your paint)
Here you have the girls´ 15 favourite ways to paint without using brushes or colours. Ever tried to substitute brushes with Q-tips? What about shaking inside a box some marbles previously dipped in...
View ArticleAdventure number 7: the worldwide tale, collective update (Route Map video)
A few weeks ago I launched the Worlwide Tale Adventure, a book traveling around the world that gives our kids the opportunity to write a tale all together. The response to this adventure was fantastic...
View ArticleAdventure number 12: give thanks
For today’s adventure I would like to challenge you to take the time and give thanks. A simple gesture that has the power to move others and make you feel so good. I went around my city and gave people...
View ArticleADVENTURE NUMBER 13: SHARE A TOY (AL’S ADVENTURE STARTS HERE)
This adventure was born while looking with my girls at a wonderful project called Toy Stories by Gabriele Galimberti. Gabriele travelled all around the world taking pictures of kids with their...
View ArticleAdventure number 14: send a message in a bottle
“Hello Stranger: I am so glad that this message has reached you. Don´t worry, I am not lost in a desert island! I’m just a person who loves random connections and serendipity. A few months ago a friend...
View ArticleAdventure number 16: the gift chain
Today I would like you to join a new adventure based on new friendships and the exchange of gifts. Sarah Kostelyk is the inspiration behind this adventure. Sarah is one of the persons I got to know via...
View ArticleAdventure number 17: learn Spanish (or English) in 30 lessons ( VIDEOS)
Today I wanted to share with you the Spanish School videos that the girls have been recording using the Vine app. A fun way for you or your kids to learn 30 new Spanish (or English) words. Lessons...
View ArticleAdventure number 18: let´s make a time capsule
Where were you 20 years ago? And where do you think you will be in 20 years? Let´s build a time capsule together and find out! These are the questions I would love you to answer, but of course you...
View ArticleA day with Teach a Talent and The Adventures Archive (video)
It was Minimusica day last Saturday in Madrid, a fun event that every year connects great music with kids. Teach a Talent and The Adventures Archive were there teaching children all kind of worlds and...
View ArticleBook Club summer read
The Hummingbird´s daughter, by Luis Alberto Urrea will be our summer read until the 1st of September. Here you have a few reviews: The New York Times The Guardian Good Reads And the author´s website....
View ArticleAdventure number 19: the neighborhood treasure hunt.
Olivia is a big treasure hunt fan. So this year, for her 7th birthday, I decided to organize her a very special one, involving the entire neighborhood. There was a card waiting for her at home. “Look...
View ArticleAdventure number 21: let’s give a library to the children in Gozo
A few weeks ago I posted this pic of my girls on Instagram. It was just an average afternoon for us at one of Madrid’s amazing bookshops, a privilege I clearly have taken for granted. Maureen, a mum...
View ArticleAdventure number 13: share a toy (AL’s Pacific NorthWest Collective update)
A few weeks ago I launched the Share a Toy adventure. The response has been tremendous and I couldn’t be more happy. So many families have signed up and Al is having a blast travelling around the...
View ArticleAdventure Number 4: Looking for street art (London Shoreditch collective update)
At the moment there’s probably no place in the world with a bigger concentration of great street art than the East End of London, especially in Shoreditch, the most popular area inside the borough of...
View ArticleHappy Halloween!
Dressing up, eating sweets, shouting boo!, roasting pumpkin seeds…What’s not to love about Halloween? Here you have a selection of our favourite costumes through the years. I hope you enjoy it!
View ArticleAdventure number 22: give the gift of autumn
Autumn is here. The city has put on a wonderful dress of many colours and it looks just fantastic. There’s nothing we like more than going to our local parks during this period. Jumping into the leaves...
View ArticleAdventure number 23: join the 8 1/2 project
By the end of this year my eldest will be 8 and a half and we are going to celebrate it in a very special manner. She will invite her friends for a screening of her first movie, completely written,...
View ArticleAdventure number 24: Put a smile on your kids school days with the snack project
Today’s adventure is about spending two minutes doing a simple thing that will put a smile on your kid every morning. Going back to school after the Christmas holidays wasn’t easy for the girls. Too...
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