This is all great news, but many parents complain
that their children spend the days watching YouTube
or playing video games and aren’t letting their creative
juices flow.
For this reason, it’s important to design a home
environment that fosters your child’s creativity. You can
do this by focusing on two areas: the physical environment
and the emotional environment. Let’s look at each area to
see how to spark or boost creativity in your home.
The Physical Environment
As you’ve probably guessed, it’s not enough to have
crayons and paper lying around somewhere. Without
some kind of order and organization, it’s difficult for kids
to initiate creative activities on their own. I recommend
creating two distinct areas - one for reading and another
for art and creative play.
Reading Space: Find a small and cozy spot in your home
to create a special reading nook. A fort-like area with
twinkle lights, comfy pillows, a favorite blanket, and a
basket of books will draw most children in like a moth to
a flame. Having their own special, magical place to go is
exciting and is sure to create fond memories along with
improving creativity.
Science shows that reading improves creativity by
stimulating your imagination. Neuroscientists at Emory
University found that reading a novel improves brain
function and detected what may be biological traces,
actual changes in the brain, that linger days after reading
a novel.
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