Crayola to inspire children to listen, imagine and create
Crayola and Audible announced a unique collaboration to foster creativity by using audio storytelling to inspire young minds. This new approach gives educators and parents more tools to nurture and engage children’s imaginations through creative moments.
The act of creating
The act of creating helps students build deep understanding, according to the American Association of School Librarians Standards Framework for Learners. As part of Crayola’s Campaign for Creativity, Crayola and Audible are releasing today a collection of exclusive Crayola “Imagination in Action” activity sheets for Audible listeners to creatively engage with select children’s titles. The sheets range from coloring projects to creative sketch prompts corresponding to specific Audible kids’ titles such as Disney Frozen: Olaf’s Quest and Peppa Pig’s Play-A-Long Podcast. Parents and educators who are new to Audible will also have access to a two-month free Audible trial membership that can be used to listen to the Audible titles paired with each activity sheet. For details and to access the “Imagination in Action” sheets, visit audible.com/Crayola.
Audible as official sponsor of Crayola’s 2025 Creativity Week
Audible will also be an official sponsor of Crayola’s 2025 Creativity Week (Jan. 27 through Feb. 2, 2025), supporting educators in engaging their students’ imaginations and encouraging creative expression through audio storytelling. Audible will give 10 schools across the U.S. mobile creative listening stations for use in school libraries and classrooms. Each mobile listening station includes tablets, headphones, three-year gift memberships to Audible, cozy seating, and more, packaged within a mobile cart that can be transported from classroom to classroom. The schools will also receive $1,000 worth of Crayola products to spur kids’ creativity while they listen to immersive audio content.
Schools can enter now
Schools can enter for a chance to receive a mobile creative listening station at Crayola.com/ListenImagineCreate from now until Feb. 2, 2025. Those randomly selected to receive the stations will be announced on or before Feb. 28, 2025, on the Crayola Learning Facebook page at facebook.com/CrayolaLearning. Additionally, Audible will gift mobile listening stations to two local public schools in Newark, NJ, its headquarters city, as part of its ongoing commitment to the city and to increase opportunity and to provide access to promote learning for Newark students.