1KHO 850: The Imagination Advantage | Daisy Day and Calvin Day

**Ginny Yurich** (0:33)
Welcome to the 850th episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast. 850 conversations later, and I am still so grateful that people are showing up to learn alongside me. Thank you for being here. Whether this is your very first episode or you've been with me for years, I'm really glad you're listening. Today's guests are two of the youngest authors I've ever interviewed, and I have a feeling you're going to finish this conversation wanting to hand your child a notebook instead of another screen. Daisy Day and Calvin Day reminded me that imagination isn't something we teach nearly as much as we protect. Give kids time, space, friends, and a little freedom, and incredible things begin to happen. Before we jump in, I have one small favor to ask. If these conversations have encouraged you or your family, would you take just a moment to follow or subscribe to the podcast wherever you're listening? If you have a minute more, leaving a rating or review is one of the biggest gifts you can give the show because it helps other families discover it too. And if an episode ever makes you think, someone I know needs to hear this, send it to them. Most people find you podcasts because a friend shared one. We've got some incredible conversations coming up, including Jungle Keepers founder Paul Rosalie and brain expert Dr. Robert Mlello and I'd love for you to be here for all of it. All right, let's jump in to today's conversation.

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**Ginny Yurich** (2:12)
Welcome to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast. My name is Ginny Yurich. I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside, and it is truly an honor to have two authors here today. They are both kids. They are brother and sister, Daisy Day and Calvin Day. Welcome to the both of you.
Hello. Hello. Hi.
Hello. I'm going to give a little bit of backstory about how we ended up doing a podcast together. I was able to interview your dad, and your dad wrote a book called Teaching Your Kids to Save, Spend and Share Wisely.
This is a book about a lot of things, but also about doing a mini economy in your home, and starting to teach your kids about how money works in the real world, actually doing this hands on.
In the process, your dad told me that the both of you had written books, and I thought that was very intriguing. He talked about how that kind of worked with your economy, that maybe you would pay your parent to be an editor or to lay it out, and then you're able to actually sell your books. So I asked your dad, I said, do you think they'd ever be willing to come on a podcast and talk about the books that they've written? He said yes. So here we are, and I wanted to tell you that I had given a copy of The Raid of The Dragons, which is Calvin's second book to our youngest daughter, who's nine. And so she was reading it in the car, and then she came home and immediately started writing her own book. So you have been so, and the both of you are so inspirational. So can you go back in your memory? I know, Calvin, you talk about getting this Tiger Mutant Ninja toy. You want it at church. Go back in your story for the both of you, Calvin and Daisy. Can you think about the moment when you first thought, I could write a book? Calvin, you were for sure in elementary school. Daisy, I'm not quite sure of your backstory. But I would love for you to tell us about that moment when you thought, oh, I like reading books. I've read books. I could write one.

**Calvin Day** (4:10)
Well, after I got the toy, I loved it so much. At recess, I was always playing mutants with my friends where we would pretend to be the mutants and battle imaginary enemies. And so we did a lot of adventures and I thought, man, this would be so cool if I could just write a book about this and it could be whatever I want it to be.
And so, yeah.

**Ginny Yurich** (4:36)
So you did. Daisy, how about you?