Give Your Child The Gift of Creativity

Time
The greatest gift is always time.
Give your child the gift of undivided attention every day.
Look at your child and listen to him. Everybody needs to be heard.
Keep them talking by nodding your head or saying “Hmmm.”
or “Then what happened?”
or “Tell me more.”
or “I never thought of that.”
or “Wow, what was that like?”


Show your child that you hear what they have to say by saying it back to them. Like this:
“So, are you saying...?”
“What I think you are sayng is...”
“Do you mean ...?”


If you don’t know what they are saying get more information by saying:
“Tell me more.”
“Can you say that another way?”
“What did you mean when you said ...?”
“I think you are saying ...”