5 Myths about children's creativity
Children's creativity is fundamental in the development of the little ones in the home. They need to encourage their creativity and imagination in order to have a good evolutionary development. Children are creative by nature and from the role of adults you have to try that this innate gift of the l
Children's creativity is fundamental in the development of the little ones in the home. They need to encourage their creativity and imagination in order to have a good evolutionary development. Children are creative by nature and from the role of adults you have to try that this innate gift of the little ones does not get lost with the passage of time.
But for adults to continue to enhance the creativity and imagination of children, it is necessary to banish some beliefs that may be rooted, that is, the myths about children's creativity. Today there are many myths that people believe to be true and this must end for the sake of creativity and creative children. M 5 myths about children's creativity
1. Children's creativity only exists in the most intelligent children.
There are those who think that creativity can only be enjoyed by those people who are born with the ability and who are very intelligent. But reality makes it very clear that we are all born with creativity but that hard work and commitment are more important than natural ability. Creativity belongs to everyone, you just have to empower it. 2. Creative children do amazing things from nothing.
People think that to be creative, it must be something totally original and innovative. But the reality is that children and creative people will always create something new from existing ideas. 3. Creativity only appears with inspiration.
Creativity does not only appear from inspiration, it also appears from effort and hard work, it is not something magical or it depends on muses, the person has a part of responsibility in this. When more work is done on something more practical you will have on that subject and more likely to come up with creative ideas. For this reason it is so important that children learn the value of perseverance in the activities they perform. 4. Mental illness makes the child more creative.
A child does not need to have a mental disorder to be creative, all children are creative by nature and it is a gift that they must keep. 5. Only lonely children can be creative.
It does not have to be that way at all, in fact many children will need the help of their parents or mentors to be able to take out all the creativity that they carry inside, they need a guide to find all their talent and that is not achieved by being alone. María José Roldán
Psychopedagogist
Special Education Teacher (Therapeutic Pedagogy)
