When you think of dreaming and teaching children to dream, the magical power of play may come to your mind. Because as we always say, games are magic. Play is the child's language and the most important learning tool. Mind-developing games that mothers carefully buy, tidy playrooms, video games where fathers can go back to the past and recapture their childish excitement, fun park/street games, dough designs, pictures that our children draw and paint, imaginary games they play with their toys... Yes, all of these and more may come to your mind. And of course I have no objection to all these posts you shared together, but today I want to talk about something a little simpler, a little different. Something unplanned, unprepared, quite random, spontaneous and exciting…Dreaming together! Daydreaming... But it is not about dreaming about the holiday you will go to, nor about the organized, themed birthday party you will make. It's not just a dream of buying a new toy on the weekend.
We love our children very much, and we try to include all kinds of information, people and materials that contribute to their development into their lives. However, we overload so much information in our daily lives and offer them such a planned and limited life that imagination and creativity, which is one of the most important areas we need to nurture, may be limited to painting and artistic works. Our dialogues consist of rules, tasks to be done, information to be learned, and question sentences that check responsibilities. Why is brushing teeth important? Did he have a good day at school today? Have the assignments been completed? What does he want to be when he grows up? Does he want to play a musical instrument? Which sport is he interested in? Would he like to go to the course? How long should you watch cartoons? One should definitely read books and act in accordance with the rules. We could extend this list further, but I got bored while writing it. However, what can your child, born with great potential and at the peak of his imagination and creativity, do? What can you do about this? I think we should focus on this question for a while.
Have you ever used a colored pencil and colored the cars passing by on the street in your mind? Have you made friends with a stone and chatted with it while swimming in the sea? stuck in the sea does it tire? Do they have friends? Is he happy for the children to go swimming? Is he sad? Does he get bored when winter comes? Would you like to live on the beach or at the bottom of the sea? Have you dreamed of these? You can talk about them anytime, anywhere, while sleeping, while walking, in the car, while watching a movie, when you wake up in the morning. For example, have you ever dreamed that you lived in the forest together? Being a tree, being a plant or living in a small hut in the forest... Imagine designing a planet or an imaginary friend! What would their names be? Which cartoon would you like to go into and take part in the story there? Would you like to wake up as a new person every new day? There are no limits to questions and conversations, it's up to you and your child's imagination.
Our children can learn anything through imitation and experience. Early or late! He learns at his own pace, but for sure. If you want to contribute to their learning, I would say start by dreaming, because we will have children who are happy, who produce solutions without giving up when faced with difficulties, who design the future and who contribute to the world we live in, who can dream and whose dreams have no limits.
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