 Our society has become increasingly dependent on technology, and so have our children.
It’s important to balance the easy gratification of texting and playing video games with simpler, more creative tasks that require real imagination. Children need to use their hands to make things, they need to write stories and draw cartoons and sing and act. With these tips for improving your child’s creativity, you can find novel ways of inspiring your child, to do things they may not even have considered doing.
Nothing is more pleasurable than pure creativity, in any form: it fosters confidence, and a real feeling of fulfillment. You can enjoy the whole process of watching your child bloom while they learn something new, and give free rein to their imagination. For both of you, it can be an exciting journey, and, possible, the start of a life-long hobby or interest.
Start them early –
Child psychologists believe that the formative years, from babyhood to five years old, are crucial in the development of a child. By starting your son or daughter off on a path toward creative expression, you will allow them to get in touch with their imagination from a very early age. There are many programs in every community catering to small children: they can finger-paint, sing and dance, listen to stories at the library.
All these things are inexpensive, but, if your budget does not permit them, you can create your own art studio at your kitchen table!
Make your own clay and let your child squish it into any shape they like. They can use crayons and cardboard to make finger puppets, and, with a cardboard box and an old scarf, the two of you can make a puppet theatre! The finger puppets can put on a show for the whole family! If your child isn’t artistic (mine is not), they may be happier being read to, which really fires up the imagination, or collecting shells on the beach and classifying them at home. Creativity exists in many forms, some scientific, some artistic. If you go with your child’s true nature, you can’t go wrong…
Make It Mandatory –
There should be a portion of every day in a child’s life that is all about creativity. It doesn’t have to be a long amount of time, but twenty minutes spent playing the piano, or writing a story, is twenty minutes well spent. It should be easy to convince your child to take a lesson in art or dance, or learn an instrument, if you focus on something you know they enjoy. I bought my son an electric guitar and small practice amp, so that his guitar lessons would seem more fun for him. He can go into his room and play the guitar at a reasonable volume, and to feel like a real rock star. He plays it even when he doesn’t have to, and, when you find that true interest from your child, it will make building creativity into their lives easy, and fun, for both of you!
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