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Ways to foster your child’s creative side
It is important for your child to become a creative thinker and doer! You can help them by following these tips:
- Give them independence
- Lay off some of that TV time
- Take trips together-Get out of the house!
- Provide for imaginative play
- Be creative yourself
- Expose them to their own interests
- Let them be bored
- Give them materials to build upon their creative side, such as art supplies or household items (empty cereal boxes, plastic spoons and plates, or sponges)
- Shower them in stories
- Let them play outside more often
- Do more watching, and less doing!
FOSTER META-COGNITION
WHAT IS THIS? "Thinking-About-Thinking"
HOW? When reading books or asking questions, remember to ask your child WHAT they learned and HOW they learned it
What Would You Do???
