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A Child's Life - Fostering Creativity Part 1

2/26/2018

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Creativity is one of my all-time favorite topics! Creativity is essential for the growth of our in our society and it’s important that we foster it in our children.

When you hear the word creativity, what comes to mind? For many of you it may be your child making a drawing   or acting out moments that ooze of imagination. The reality is that creativity goes far beyond the arts and can be integrated into just about everything!

Let’s start by defining creativity. According to Wikipedia.org., Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby a person creates something new (a product, a solution, a work of art, a novel, a joke, etc.) that has some kind of value.

Creativity is becoming more and more important in today’s workforce. Employers are looking for problem solvers that can think outside the box and be creative enough to bring their own solutions to the table and then work with others to navigate through new and unchartered waters. By having the tools to travel through uncharted waters, it allows companies to have a competitive edge.
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The thing is, when does one learn to be a creative person? Can one just decide upon entering the workforce that they need to start thinking more creatively?



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This Week's Writing Prompts -

2/26/2018

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For Young Writers
  1. ​Write about something you did that made you think hard.
  2. Write down and explain 3 things that you are thankful for.
  3. Who is your best friend? What do you like about him/her?
  4. What would you do if you found a magical pair of shoes?
  5. What is one of your talents? What can you do to improve it?
For Mature Writers
  1. ​"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." Ralph Waldo Emerson. If you knew this statement were true, what would you do differently in your life? What if you could do these things everyday?
  2. Make a list of 10 things you can do to relax. How can you incorporate these things into the week ahead of you.
  3. How do you deal with inconvenient life situations?
  4. How do you respond when you don't get what you want?
  5. How do you deal with negative people.
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This Week's Writing Prompts

2/20/2018

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For Young Writers
  1. Write your thoughts about how you would change the world.
  2. If you could start a charity, what would it be and who would it benefit?
  3. Describe someone who is a hero and explain why.
  4. Imagine you work up and saw a dinosaur in your backyard. Write a story telling what you would see and do.
For Mature Writers
  1. List 3 realistic ways you can manage or grow your wealth. Write about the one that you can start today.
  2. Plan a future family or self care getaway. 
  3. What do you believe you deserve in life? Why?
  4. The Dalai Lama once said, "Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck." When was the last time you didn't get something you wanted, but it worked out for the better?


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A Child's Life: Dealing with Fears and Anxieties

2/20/2018

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So, do any of you have children that are afraid of the dark? Or monsters? Or dogs? Fears and anxieties are natural in childhood.

Everyone, whether a baby, child or adult, at one point or another feels fear. Feeling anxious can be especially uncomfortable because this comes with the feelings that one needs to escape now, and fast! Your heart might beat quickly, your body might perspire, you might get butterflies in your stomach. Anxiety is no fun. Not for adults or for children. Anxiety is defined as ‘apprehension without apparent cause.’ That means that often when we feel anxiety, there is no immediate threat to a person’s safety or well-being, but the fear seems real. This is important to keep in mind if your child runs into your room due to the monsters in the closet. Rationally, you know that there is no monster in the closet. They may be trying to believe you, but their anxiety may make them feel otherwise.



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This Week's Writing Prompts

2/13/2018

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For Young Writers

For Mature Writers

  1. Pretend its your birthday and the postman delivered a box too big to fit in your house. Write about what might be in the box. 
  2. ​If all the sea suddenly drained away, what would it look like? What would be the benefits? What would be the problems?
  3. ​Pretend you have been put in charge of your class's Valentines Day party. What would you plan to do? What would you plan to eat?
  4. ​Do you want to get married when you are an adult? Why or why not?
  5. ​What does it mean to "put your heart" into something? what is somethin you have put your heart into?
  1. What do you want to learn?
  2. What was the last things that made you laugh?
  3. What are five things that you want to do more often?
  4. Describe a project that you have been putting off. 
  5. Describe your ideal Valentine's Day.

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A Child's Life: Teaching Kindness & Compassion

2/13/2018

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For this week’s episode we are going to look at kindness and compassion. We have so much going on in our world today that we must wonder whether we are forgetting the importance of basic principles such as kindness and compassion.

Sometimes, children can be mean. Yes, they can be very mean. This is not cute, this is not a sign of maturity, and this is not acceptable. I want to be blunt about this, because when we don’t encourage kindness and compassion in children, we have to remember that we are creating teens and adults that lack kindness and compassion as well.  If we want to have the type of nation that is built on Christian principles, we must teach our little people how to do this.
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Firstly, the key to raising a child who demonstrates kindness and compassion is to begin by training our minds to notice kindness and compassion. Yes, the minds of us as parents. When we notice it, we can praise it. This encourages more of the same behavior. Kindness and compassion can seem like abstract values to children, so noticing them allows them to tie real life behaviors to them. Often, we notice the bad behaviors more than we notice the good behaviors. Bad behaviors get highlighted, and good and kind behaviors get no attention. 



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A Child's Life : Language Development in Young Children

2/7/2018

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Watching children develop their language skills is an extraordinary thing. Watching a baby transition from cries, to gestures and calculated eye contact, to grunts, to sounds that sound a little like words, to words is fascinating.
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So how does a baby move from babbles and almost words to conversation? Does this happen at nursery, at pre-school? This, like everything in education, begins in the home with the child’s parents and caregivers.

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Weekly Journal Prompts

2/5/2018

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For Young Writers

1. If you could trade places with anyone in the world, who would it be? Tell how your life would be different.
2. If a donkey could talk, what might it say about living in the TCI?
3. If you could rule the school for the day, what would you do? Give examples.
4. What is the best gift you ever received? What made it special?
​5. If you could be a TV star, what show would you be on? Why?

For Mature Writers

1. Write a letter to your 5 year old self.
​2. Write about five blessings in your life.
​3. Write about a quote you try and live by.
4. Write about your life in 7 years.
​5. Write about someone who fascinates you.
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    Yolande Robinson, B.Ed. M.Ed, the owner of Learn and Lead Educational Center, has a passion for educating and sharing knowledge. She is a wife and a mother of three. For more from Yolande, visit www.yolanderobinson.com.
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