Without realizing it we often create an environment that makes the children are not creative. For example, more children watch TV or play computer games. Try to occasionally let the kids play on their own without a television or other game gadgets. If left alone, the children are often very creative and often more creative than we are.
It is true that children need the knowledge and
skills, but they also need to learn how to think creatively, which is to
create new ideas from scratch. Creativity is an essential life skill.
If the teachers in the school lacks in teaching children creativity, you
can actually do it at home. So turn off the TV, turn off the computer
games and invite your child to play a game that requires creativity. If
you do not have your own ideas, you can find ideas from books, from the
library or the internet to get ideas for your child to be able to
perform activities that require creativity.
Try to do some of these activities:
- You can invite children to do activities outside the home. Encourage them to go outside and play.
- Try to make a craft. Put paper, scraps, glue, knick-knacks, markers, crayons, rubber bands, paper clips, buttons, thread, and other things that you can find on the table. Encourage your children to make something as simple as a butterfly or toy cars.
- Making things out of wood. Children love making things out of wood. Help them make a bird house. Use a draft of a book or from the internet. Make a small box with a roof, holes, and stick to perch and hang it on the tree and now the kids can watch the birds happy.
- Experiment with science. Find directions from the internet or a book how to make bell or electric motors of trash such as cans, wire, screws. Then create a race and they might be surprised to see who wins. If they could figure out why they lost and where lies the problem, one day they will learn it in a physics lesson.
