A free kindness and letter-writing adventure for kids

The Sewing Station is part of Chapter 3 of the City of Creativity, a free online reading and writing world for children from United By Creativity. In Ms. Clover’s cozy felt workshop, kids become Kindness Designers: they meet nine storybook children from around the world (or invent their own friend), choose a sweater shape and fabric, pick colors and patterns, add real felt patches from Ms. Clover’s artifact drawer, sew six golden stitches, mend a loose seam, and write a friendly letter to go with their imaginary gift.

For parents and educators

Children practice writing for a real purpose and audience: a friendly letter with a greeting, a body with describing details and a kind message, and a closing. They retell the steps of making with first, next, then and finally, explain a choice when solving a problem, and reflect on what they learned, imagined and could change. Questions adjust from pre-K to grade 8, and the activity is available in English, French, Spanish and Luganda. The friends are fictional, the gift is imaginary, and everything children type, draw or say stays on their own device.