I read this article in The Wall Street Journal tonight, but I don't know why people think all creativity is being sucked out of children.
Today I got to romp around with a beautiful little girl and her incredible mom while we played games with little more than balloons, scarves, and imaginations. I can't remember when I've gotten to laugh that hard and that much in such a short time span.
One of the joys of spending time with young children is seeing how they can turn absolutely anything into some sort of game, a story to act out, anything that comes to mind. The only restraints are the ones we put on them. There's never a dull moment, and it's fantastic. Just yesterday I had a t-rex eating me while I was being dragged to jail by my old group of preschoolers.
Watch children play for a while, and then try to tell me creativity is dwindling, WSJ.
~"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." [-Theodore Geisel...aka, Dr. Seuss]~
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Watching you with Nora, there is no doubt that you are gifted at bringing out that creativity in kids. I mean, just look at our 3-dimensional train! :)
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