Creativity and imagination are our innate characteristics to create something original and new. Every individual is born with this potential, but in order to use this potential, the family must first create an environment for the child to use this potential. Children can use their innate creativity if parents provide them with the opportunity to have experiences that suit the child's individual characteristics.
The emergence of imagination and creativity in children progresses in parallel with the development of play. During the period from infancy to the first two years, children's games include movements based on the stages of their physical development. During this period, children play movement-oriented games with intense energy. These games are extremely important in supporting muscle development and balance-coordination skills. Around the age of 2-3, as their mental and language development reaches a certain maturity, abstract thinking skills develop and they begin to play imaginary games. The first examples of imaginary games are based on the child imitating the routines he observes in daily life. At the age of 3-5, these games are replaced by imaginary games with highly creative features. In games during this period, children can imagine using an object that is used in real life for a completely different purpose in the game. What children observe in real life combines with their imagination and the games become richer. These are the first steps of the development stages of imagination and creativity. And if we provide children with the opportunity to create their own games, we provide them with the opportunity to develop their own creativity and imagination.
Giving children the opportunity to learn from their own perspective, providing different opportunities to see and develop their own skills and potential, and creativity. and supports their imagination. Parents provide this opportunity by doing daily chores together. The issue that needs to be taken into consideration when sharing daily tasks is to give up perfectionism. It is necessary to take into account the ages of children and the fact that they do many things "newly". Give your child the opportunity to have a say and choose. Their skills will improve by trying and making mistakes. In summary; children by living, experiencing and risking trying Give them the opportunity to learn.
Play is very important for the development of imagination and creativity. Make sure to make time for play every day because imaginary play also increases academic success. Allow your children different ideas and fictions while playing. Respect their ideas that seem strange to you. Don't discourage him unless he tries something that will cause physical harm to him or others. Let him search and find it himself. Children have an endless sense of discovery and curiosity. Satisfy his curiosity as much as possible. Provide information, resources, and materials to help him/her explore new areas. Help them plan and move forward in games or situations they encounter. Try to avoid situations that are constantly planned and organized for them and try to allow natural processes. Make time for free play and open-ended activities.
From time to time, parents include things that are not actually toys in the game and encourage their children to imagine, which can improve their imagination. Anything can be a toy. Guide him to create games with different materials and items. Playing games, artwork and doing various verbal and visual activities positively supports his/her imagination development. His parents need to be a part of these activities and make dough, clay, paint, etc. Discovering various methods of using materials together positively affects the child's social, emotional and mental development.
The child's desire to learn, whose imagination is alive and developing, should be supported. Children learn and are nourished by fairy tales and stories. Books and stories should be in their lives from the moment they are born, because language development begins in the womb, long before they can speak. While reading stories and playing games, you can make them question what you read by asking "What if..." questions. You can find different endings to stories together and evaluate these different endings together. This will pave the way for them to produce different alternatives and increase their creativity.
Imagination is a skill that directly affects problem-solving ability. Dreaming, differentiating and creative Children who can think about this have a more productive attitude in dealing with problems both in their childhood and in their adult lives. Children whose imagination and creativity are supported are the keys to a hopeful future.
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