Posts: Character Strong June- Creativity

5/30/2021 4:42 PM by laurea.shaw



This
month we are talking about Creativity! Creativity is more than just making
things or creating art – it is about exercising our imagination to help make
the world better! This is how we are defining creativity: Using
your imagination to create something or solve a problem. One
of the best things about being a human being is our ability to imagine! We get
this cool part of our brain that allows to not just think about survival, but
also about sparkly space pigeons or colorful caterpillars or a cardboard box
that is secretly a rocket ship. Kids regularly use their Creativity to
entertain themselves (and us!) with all the wacky and wonderful ways they view
the world. Let’s make sure they never lose that curiosity! It is that same
imagination that makes a sandbox into the moon that can imagine the world’s
problems as opportunities for new, bold, innovative solutions. This month, we
will be talking about and practicing solving problems, working in teams, and
dreaming up new perspectives! The only way we change the negativity in our
world is to have the Courage and Creativity to think differently!

 

Things
to talk about as a family

 

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Sometimes, when we are being creative, we can get frustrated if
things do not go as planned. What strategies can you use if you begin to feel
frustrated? How can you help someone else if you notice them getting
frustrated?





 

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What do
you think it means to think “outside of the box?” What’s something you’ve
thought about that might be “outside the box?”

 

 
 

 
 

To
Do Together

 

Read
the book Not a Box written by Antoinette Portis that you can find at
your local library or listen to on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMCKXaFsmCA
Then find a large cardboard box and unleash your
inner child as you work together with your family to create something new! What
can the box become? Perhaps it will be a spaceship, an ice cream shop, a fairy castle,
or a race car. Using craft supplies, work together to use Creativity to turn
the box into a new creation.

 
For Your Reading: Read
these articles for parents
 

10 Secrets to Raising CreativeKids by Jennifer King Lindley

How To Encourage Creativity InOur Children via The Parenting Junkie Blog

 


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