By Nancy Travers To nurture your child’s creative talent: commend, don’t command At some point in the early life of your new child, she or he surprises you. She listens intently to the story you’re reading, then adds her own imaginative ending. Or he not only colors out of the lines, but also draws in…
Recognizing Your Child’s Creative Potential
What is creativity? The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia defines creativity as “the ability to produce something new through imaginative skill”. This could be through a solution to a certain problem, discovering a new method to complete something or through an artistic object or form. When discussing creativity in kids, it is generally thought of the arts….
Seven Habits Of Creative People, And How They Change The World
Marcel sits alone, at his workstation with his head in his hands. It is Monday morning and he cannot believe he is here, in this same situation yet another day, another month, another year. He had sworn to himself that this year would be different. But it wasn’t. It was the same. He is not…
Fostering Creativity in Children
By Judy Hansen Devoted parents often inaccurately equate creativity with intelligence. In reality, however, creativity and intelligence are different skills and are self-determining. A very creative child may or may not be very intelligent. What is more, creativity is often mistaken for talent. However, it does extend beyond possession and execution of artistic talent. Basically,…
Creative Children: 4 Ways to Nurture and Encourage the Creator in Your Child
By James Druman Humans are naturally creative beings, and never is this so apparent as when we are children. From our first moment of awareness, we develop a natural curiosity of the world around us. We study it, sample it with our senses, and apply our own little experiments to determine it’s nature. As we…
Fun Creative Ideas You Can Do at Home With Your Kids
Whether you are planning a road trip and want to include some stops to keep your kids entertained and stimulated, or if you are just looking for activities for them to do while they are out of school, you may be fresh out of ideas. Here are some creative children’s entertainment ideas that are bound…
Raising Creative Children
By Margaret Franceska Akinterinwa Five Great Tips On Nurturing Creativity In Children 1. Affirmations This is so key in a Child’s development. Even as Adults we are encouraged when People tell us what We are doing right, how much more a Child. It is vital to plant positive thoughts and self-confidence in a Child’s mind….
Ways to Nurture Creative Children
By Wilson Ang All parents want their children to be successful in life when they grow up and hence a lot of emphasis is being placed on children’s academic results. This means that the kids are often loaded with more and more tuitions, enrichment classes and as a result, tremendous pressure were exerted on the…
