One of the greatest gifts you can give your child is permission to explore his imagination. Like a balloon floating into the sky, Creativity goes where the wind blows and it sometimes leads a merry chase. Creativity is a messy activity and sometimes it's tempting to cut it short or clean it up before the creating is finished. Creativity isn't convenient either. It can happen when you have dinner half-way cooked or on the way to school or during your favorite television show. Sometimes we have to stick to our schedule, but if there's any way to stop what you're doing when Creativity strikes in your child, DO IT. When you encourage your child to have original thoughts (even if they are only original to him), when you allow ideas to roll and mistakes to manifest ... that's when learning is at its finest. Creativity somehow always finds its way home and when it is free (like the balloon) to get carried away, there's no telling how high we can soar!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Up, Up and Away!
One of the greatest gifts you can give your child is permission to explore his imagination. Like a balloon floating into the sky, Creativity goes where the wind blows and it sometimes leads a merry chase. Creativity is a messy activity and sometimes it's tempting to cut it short or clean it up before the creating is finished. Creativity isn't convenient either. It can happen when you have dinner half-way cooked or on the way to school or during your favorite television show. Sometimes we have to stick to our schedule, but if there's any way to stop what you're doing when Creativity strikes in your child, DO IT. When you encourage your child to have original thoughts (even if they are only original to him), when you allow ideas to roll and mistakes to manifest ... that's when learning is at its finest. Creativity somehow always finds its way home and when it is free (like the balloon) to get carried away, there's no telling how high we can soar!
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Yay!!! I love your new space Kittie! I look forward to following one of the world's best moms! (she said so herself!) Hope all is well in your world and congrats on this lovely new blog!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great blog. Cannot wait to do the bubble brew for my grandchildren! Please add me to your email list, Miss Kittie! Now I will start looking forward to Monday mornings for a change.
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