River & Ember App
The app complements the seasonal toolkit, bringing its practices into the flow of daily life. Think of it as an emotional rhythm guide — helping you weave story, ritual, art, and connection into everyday moments, so these practices stay alive and don’t get lost in the rush of life.
Future Project
A simple check-in where you and your child choose if your flame is bright, dim, flickering, or steady. The app then offers a ritual to support your day.
Example: “Our flame feels quiet today → place a stone by the window and whisper one hope.”
A Glimpse Into the Future
Today’s Flame — Daily Feelings Check-In
A library of seasonal stories. Read, listen, or softly personalize each one and save your favorites to revisit.
Example: Change the setting from forest to sea — the details shift, the story adapts, but the heart of the message stays the same.
Storykeeper — Your Family’s Library
A living space for the season you’re in. Enter together to hear the featured story, try a new ritual, and explore sensory invitations.
Example: “What color is the wind today — silver, blue, or something only you can see?”
Seasonal Garden — The Now Space
A gentle wheel for noticing your family’s emotional rhythm over time, with personalized ideas for play, rest, and calm.
Example: After three cloudy days logged in your rhythm, the app suggests a playful reset — ‘go outside and chase the wind.’
The Rhythm Circle — Emotional Balance Wheel
A quiet space just for grown-ups, offering affirmations, reflections, or questions from the heart — helping you stay steady too.
Example: “What softened in you this week?” — you can write or simply hold in your heart.
Whispers for the Parent — Gentle Support
Two Spaces, One Flame
A private space for reflection, journaling, and gentle insights.
The Grown-Up Flame
A ritual space for parent and child: listening, choosing rituals, answering story-based questions like “Which part of Ember’s journey felt like yours today?”
The Shared Ember
Drawn by our daughter.
Even the name Imagine That came from my daughter.
She named this space herself — a place where imagination lives outside the lines.
Her drawings appear as icons and sketches within the app, her voice woven throughout — a giggle, a whisper, or a favorite line. These touches remind families this is not just content for children, but a co-created space for both parent and child.
Inside the app, Imagine That becomes a living corner where your child encounters original, imperfect art — and is invited to respond in their own way. Because the most sacred art often comes from the raw and unpolished.
Imagine That: Original Art, Outside the Lines
River & Ember is designed for presence, not distraction. A quiet space to share story, ritual, art, and reflection — even for just five minutes a day.
Not Screen Time. Sacred Time.
A Lantern to Light the Way
Begin the journey with a free story snippet and family ritual from River & Ember — a first glimpse of the seasonal toolkits to come.
If this speaks to you, we’d love to keep you close as River & Ember grows.
Every River & Ember story tends more than one flame.
A portion of proceeds will help light the way for young artists through The Malcolm-Jamal Warner Creative Legacy Fund.
