Spark Your Child's Creativity

If you have a child who is hungry for knowledge and information... PLEASE GIVE IT TO THEM!  A child's brain is like sponge, always soaking up everything around them. Give them the information that will be of value to them. Sitting in front of a TV screen watching cartoons is not really creating any sort of spark in their imagination.

Here are a few tips to help your children develop their creativity.

A zoo is a wonderful place to take a child. Seeing the many animals that live at the zoo and discovering all that it has to offer. I am sure that many children dream about growing up to be a caretaker at a zoo after visiting.

Do you have a museum in your area? I live in Michigan...Home of Henry Ford. We are fortunate to have Greenfield Village not far from us. When you visit Greenfield Village is like stepping into an 80-acre time machine. It takes you back to the sights, sounds and sensations of America’s past. There are 83 authentic, historic structures.

Children especially love to step back in time at Greenfield Village. Most everything is outside and it is only open during the summer months. Many family's plan their vacations around spending time at this wonderful place.

Here in our immediate area we have just received recognition of having an historical battle ground. They have many events planned around this area both during the summer as well as the winter. Many times actors will re-inact the battle that took place there.

Women as well as men dress in period clothes and act and preform as if they were living many years ago. What better way to spark imagination on a child then to take them to one of these event. Taking them back in time.

A wonderful way to prepare your child for a visit to the zoo or to a museum might be to read a book to them about the place you are taking them to. Doing a Google search may lead you to some very interesting website to read up on and the search will also be able to bring up ideas of books that you can borrow from the local library.

If you live in the city spend a day in the country. Visit a working farm. Let your children see where the milk that they drink comes from. Show them that eggs don't just show up at the grocery store.... Chicken actually lay them. You can have eggs without a Rooster but you can not have baby chicks without the services of that Rooster.

Children are so special. Many years ago we took in 2 rheas when they were just babies. Rheas are the smallest of the rattie breed, there is the ostrich the emu and then the rhea. When they are grown they are about shoulder height to me so they are still a big bird.

These baby birds were very sick. I gave them shots day and night for weeks. I also force fed them for well over a month. They finally got better and we let them have the run of our fenced in back yard.

These were 2 girls, one white and one grey... Ebony and Ivory. We had them in our back yard for a couple of years and they started to lay eggs. Since there was no male they were not fertile. We had no intent on eating these huge eggs so I just collected them and set them off to the side. My plan was to one day get out my drill and blow out the insides. But until I had a huge pile I was not about to make that mess more than once.

The little neighbor boy came over one day for a visit and as we were walking around the back yard with these 2 little girls and we came upon this pile of eggs. He said when are you going to have babies. I told him that those eggs were infertile and that they would not produce babies.

I saw that this answer was not setting very well with this little boy by the look on his face. He asked again but what about the babies? I said I need a boy to have babies and I only have 2 girls.... he looked at me as he tapped his chest and said.. "Me a boy".

It was all I could do to keep from laughing at the innocents of that sweet little boys statement. This same little boy now has his own flock of chickens and he sells their eggs. He is only in Jr. high school, but he already has a very nice egg business going.

You just never know what may spark interest in your child that is why it is so important to always encourage them in what ever they do or are expressing an interest in.

Games that encourage abstract thinking are a wonderful way to get your child to explore. A simple game might be to draw a map that they have to follow to get to a prize...You might include silly clues along the way. Asking them to go find an item of clothes such as a base ball cap. The next items me be a ball and bat. At the end of the adventure might be tickets to see a base ball game.

I am sure that you get the idea. Help those little sponge minds expand with Knowledge. Just remember... Garbage in... Garbage out!

Some grown up people have no imagination...I find that very sad. I am not sure what they must have done as a child. Pretending and playing are so very important when you are young.

If you encourage your children when they are young to have a good imagination and help they expand what they are thinking about this will be so very beneficial when they get older.

Reading is such a wonderful teaching tool. This is a book that will inspire your child and get that spark going. Inspirational Kids Stories.

Goal Setting and Kids is a website that is dedicated to teaching your children about visualization, goal setting, money and The Law of Attraction. I hope you will visit and empower a child that you know and love!