Earlier this evening I had the pleasure of hosting Sindi Broussard Terrien of My Many Mothers and Finding a Publisher to talk about how to create a kids’ Activity Book from your own family history materials.
Whatever the passion or mystery that fueled you in your pursuit of family stories and records, it’s a fair bet that one of your goals is to share your stories and records with future generations. Sindi’s work is focused on just that challenge. The secret, as she shares in this recording, is to know your audience and make Genealogy fun for them.
Sindi’s talk picks up where her book Genealogy Fun While Developing New Genealogists leaves off. You’ll find the transcript for the talk above ☝️ and below 👇 you’ll find a PDF of the slides.
As a fellow Projectkin, Sindi has also shared details about this project in the form of a Project Recipe highlighting the procedural steps and insights she’s gained from creating these projects herself.
In addition to Sindi’s prepared remarks, she also shared a few resources in response to questions:
American Ancestors’ Family History Curriculum developed by experts for the American Ancestors to help teachers use genealogy in grades 4 to 8. Free.
Creating coloring pages from photographs:
ReallyColor.com (fee)
Canva.com (some features free), ideas and templates
Creating crosswords and find-a-word puzzles:
Reusable Sleeves for marking up puzzle pages
This list is hardly exhaustive. Do you have some resources to suggest? Have questions, thoughts, or comments? Share them in comments below or in the Members’ Chat Room.
This recipe is intended for the benefit of all Projectkin member subscribers. :
Since so much of family history is about sharing with younger generations, projects for kids has become an important theme for us. Here are two other Project Recipes that might also be of interest to you:
Project Recipe » A Scavenger Hunt for Ancestors
MORE coming events:
Next month, Projectkin member Kerri Kearney returns to share a family history project she created with her kids and extended family “A Family Cookbook Spanning Five Generations.” To get free tickets and learn about more Projectkin events in the coming weeks, see:
Project Recipe » Genealogy Activity Books for Kids