Creativity

Mom letting Nic make his own Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich



The kids created this train track all by themselves, no adult intervention.



The kids and the GEO TRAXS. 6:30 am until 3 pm of non stop creativity.

Elizabeth Gilbert on Creativity
Ken Robinson on Creativity

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

It's hard to be an adult and feel comfortable with your kids making messes and mistakes ALL the time. The messes and mistakes occur because they are learning and discovering. It's NOT a bad thing. I keep telling myself, "spilled Cheerios is NOT a bad thing. Spencer is developing his fine motor skills." or "A collage using glue, crayons and my nursing pads is Not a bad thing, it's an art project for Daryl. Yes, not my choice of medium but she is being creative." I want to allow them to discover the world and themselves but still maintain order, decency and integrity.

"Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence."
Norman Podhoretz