Growing a Child: How to Nurture Your Child's Creativity


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This book describes various techniques that will help you to support young children's education. It has an orientation on play-based education conception.The book contains some tackles enriching your experience working with little ones. It outlines the key principles and essential practices that support and conduct educational process, explain how a child learns and addresses methods children's educational opportunities may be promoted.The book is focused on boosting children's experiences via actions. That's why the book assisting parents to support their children creativity. Next five principles are designed to capture all children throughout a range from the birth to five-year age.The principles are:*Your child has a powerful feeling of own personality.*Your child is related with to his own world. *Your child has a powerful sense of eudaimonia.*Your child can study much better than you. He is an undoubted hard worker in world exploration.*Children are active in communicationSecondly, children should learn from the very beginning on how to become responsible for their actions. Children are capable learners, we just need to know how to support them.




Raising Creative Kids


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How can you nurture creativity in your child? Raising Creative Kids shows parents and teachers how to guide and foster creativity and sustain the creative spirit we are born with. In addition to explaining various theories of creativity, the authors describe: Personality traits associated with creativity, Processes involved in creativity, Ways to parent for creativity, Activities that promote creative thinking, Programs to cultivate creativity, Teaching organization skills, How to preserve your own creativity Book jacket.




Unschooling To University


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School is one option for education; homeschooling is the second, and unschooling is the third. Many parents are frustrated by the school system, perhaps because of bullying, crowded classrooms, and outdated, dull, online courses. Disengaged learners that have no say in their coerced curriculum tend to act out, tune out, or drop out. Education must change and unschooling is the fastest-growing alternative method of learning. Two decades ago, students registered with their local school based on their house address. Now, with the internet, students are borderless. Learning can occur anywhere, anytime, anyway and from anyone-including self-taught. Self-directing their education, unschoolers learn through: - Play - Projects - Reading - Volunteering - Video games - Sports - Mentorship - Travel - Life This book explores the path of 30 unschooled children who self-directed all or part of their education and were accepted by universities, colleges, and other postsecondary schools. Most have already graduated. What children need most are close relationships-parents, teachers, siblings, relatives, coaches, and mentors within a wider community, not just within an institutional school. Educational content is everywhere. Caring relationships are not. Families that embrace unschooling, do not have to choose between a quality education and a relaxed, connected family lifestyle. They can have both.




How to Foster Creativity in Your Child


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**How to Foster Creativity in Your Child** Unlock your child's creative potential with *How to Foster Creativity in Your Child*, a practical guide designed for parents eager to nurture their child's imagination and innovation. This short read offers actionable tips and strategies to create an environment where creativity can flourish. Discover how to craft an inspiring environment that fuels your child's creativity. Learn the importance of setting up a dedicated art space, incorporating elements of nature, and providing open-ended materials that spark imagination and encourage self-expression. Curiosity is the gateway to creativity. This guide reveals techniques to foster curiosity through thought-provoking questions and exploration of divergent thinking. By supporting these essential elements, you’ll help your child generate innovative ideas and develop a lifelong love for learning. Nurturing imagination is central to fostering creativity. Explore ways to provide unstructured time, limit screen time, and encourage outdoor adventures. Learn how to support artistic expression and introduce your child to a variety of art forms, enhancing their creative experiences. Celebrate and value your child's creative efforts with practical advice on displaying their creations, encouraging sharing and collaboration, and providing positive feedback. Emphasize the importance of focusing on the creative process rather than the outcome, and support self-evaluation to boost your child’s self-esteem and motivation. As a parent, your role in modeling creativity is crucial. Engage in creative activities together, show genuine interest in your child's ideas, and cultivate a growth mindset. This book guides you on encouraging risk-taking, persistence, and providing opportunities for reflection, ensuring that your child’s creative journey is both enriching and fulfilling. With a comprehensive table of contents covering every aspect of creativity, *How to Foster Creativity in Your Child* is the ultimate resource for parents ready to inspire and support their child's imaginative growth. Order your copy today and start fostering a creative and innovative environment for your child!




The Creative Family


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When you learn to awaken your family’s creativity, wonderful things will happen: you’ll make meaningful connections with your children in large and small ways; your children will more often engage in their own creative discoveries; and your family will embrace new ways to relax, play, and grow together. With just the simple tools around you—your imagination, basic art supplies, household objects, and natural materials—you can transform your family life, and have so much more fun! Amanda Soule has charmed many with her tales of creativity and parenting on her blog, SouleMama. Here she shares ideas and projects with the same warm tone and down-to-earth voice. Perfect for all families, the wide range of projects presented here offers ideas for imaginative play, art and crafts, nature explorations, and family celebrations. This book embraces a whole new way of living that will engage your children’s imagination, celebrate their achievements, and help you to express love and gratitude for each other as a family.




The Artist's Way for Parents


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“For decades, people have been asking me to write this book. The Artist’s Way focuses on a creative recovery. We re-cover the ground we have traveled in our past. The Artist’s Way for Parents focuses on creative cultivation, where we consciously—and playfully—put our children on a healthy creative path toward the future.” —Julia Cameron Winner of the 2014 Nautilus Award represents “Better Books for a Better World”—the Gold Award (Best Book of the Year) in the category of Parenting/Family. From the bestselling author of The Artist’s Way comes the most highly requested addition to Julia Cameron’s canon of work on the creative process. The Artist’s Way for Parents provides an ongoing spiritual toolkit that parents can enter—and re-enter—at any pace and at any point in their child’s early years. According to Cameron: “Every child is creative—and every parent is creative. Your child requires joy, and exercising creativity, both independently and together, makes for a happy and fulfilling family life.” Focusing on parents and their children from birth to age twelve, The Artist’s Way for Parents builds on the foundation of The Artist’s Way and shares it with the next generation. Using spiritual concepts and practical tools, this book will assist parents as they guide their children to greater creativity.




The Creativity Crusade


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"Do what you can to help your children's imaginations to grow and flourish - encourage activities which feed their imaginations" ~ Sir Ken Robinson, 2008.This quotation inspired the authors to think about sharing their life-long collection of tried and true creativity activities and resources. Their engaging and provoking book, The Creativity Crusade, is a result of these efforts. It provides the strategies and mindsets needed to nurture and protect children's creativity! The book begins with questions for parents to ponder: * What are the most important elements that should be included in your child's education to prepare them for the future? * How much longer can America hold on to its innovative status with the testing culture that currently exists in our classrooms? * What role can you, as a parent, play in nurturing and supporting your child's creativity? The authors provide innovative - practical - researched-based - suggestions from both their classroom and parenting experiences. Rest assured, the activities, methods and tools presented in this book will give you the confidence and knowledge to start making a difference in how your children experience life, learning and happiness. And finally, the authors invite you to join their Creativity Crusade for every child, every parent, every grandparent, every home, EVERY DAY!"This book is refreshing. I know schools cannot be expected to take charge of fostering creativity in children and teenagers anytime soon. Parents own this responsibility. This whole idea intrigues me. I'm reading this with a highlighter and sticky notes." ~ Robby Champion, Champion ConsultingLooking forward to using this innovative and informative book in my private practice. Kudos to Dr. Rick and Patti Shade!~ Lisa Griggs, Family Therapist




Raising Up Dreamers


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How do you raise Christian kids who have dreams that seem beyond their reach? Parenting is an important task, but the pressure doesn't need to be on us. As parents, we simply need to follow the leading of the Lord with the understanding that our children's natural abilities are actually the Lord working out their destiny. When we give Christ unlimited control of our parenting, we learn that Jesus is a better parent to our children than we can ever hope to be. As Sheila Erwin shares personal stories of raising two successful filmmakers and delves into biblical principles, you will be encouraged to cultivate your children’s gifts and help them reach their dreams—no matter how impossible they seem. By parenting from a position of trust and rest in God, you can guide your children to chase their God-given dreams and channel their talents to glorify God instead of being gripped by the world.




Art Workshop for Children


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Art Workshop for Children is not just another book of straightforward art projects. The book's unique child-led approach provides a framework for cultivating creative thinking and encourages the wonder that comes when children are allowed to freely explore the creative process and their materials. As children work through these open-ended workshops, adults are guided on how to be facilitators who provide questions, encourage deep thinking, and help spark an excitement for discovery. Children explore basic materials and workshops that use minimal supplies, and then gradually add new materials to fill the art cabinets as well as new skills and more complex workshops. Most workshops are suitable to preschool-aged children, and each contains ideas for explorations and new twists to engage older or more experienced artists. Interspersed throughout are sidebar essays that introduce perspectives on mess-making, imperfection, the role of adult, collaborative art, and thoughts on the Reggio Emilia method, a self-guided teaching philosophy. These pieces underscore the value of art-making with children, and support the parent/teacher/care-giver on how to successfully lead, question, and navigate their children through the workshops to result in the fullest experiences.




Growing Up Creative


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A myth-shattering how-to by the established authority in the field that proves creativity must originate from within the child and shows parents and teachers how to help foster it.