Writen by Eliane Leao
Yes!!!!!!!
To the Creative baby, Creativity can be taught, and creativity can be tested.
It can be viewed as a product, but it is also a process… An intellectual process! And the most important information about creativity we have when the subject of creation is baby is that the child creates his/her knowledge about the world inside himself/herself. S/he uses his/her own organization through creation, affectively and cognitively. S/he is in action creating internal schemes, structures and systems. We are only the ones who intermediate! And we have a better information: - That we can help him/her to create special knowledge about the world by stimulating him/her to learn everyday!
If the baby is generating and inventing his/her knowledge about the world by facing problems and approaching problems that stimulates him/her, his/her inner motivation grows towards more involvement with his/her surroundings, context and circumstances.
YES, s/he has creative brain, with power to look at everything and look to bits of information form fresh perspectives. What are the paths and new ways s/he has to put patterns experience together? By experiencing, acting upon and creating from reality s/he is involved with. And who are the intermediaries between the baby brain and the world? We, the parents!!!
The best you can do for your baby brain is to promote experiences of touching, smelling, hearing, listening, observing; it is to perform and to let the baby perceive learning as an adventure! Guide the Creative baby to seek wholes, patterns and relationships in objects and people! Expose him/her to music, art, drama and language. Remember, let the baby try! THIS…THE BRAIN UNDERSTANDS!!!!
Dr. Eliane Leao is a native of Brazil, South America. She has a background in Education from Purdue University (Masters) and a PhD in the Department of Educational Psychology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)/Purdue University (Ph.D.). Dr. Leao has also three Bachelor's degrees, one in Piano, another in Musical Education, and a third in Voice. Dr. Leao is currently a professor of Music Education and Music Therapy conducting research on the influence of Music in Early Childhood Learning. Her 'babies' have grown to become productive members of their communities. Dr. Leao hopes that the trials and successes of her family may inspire and convince other parents to stimulate their children during early childhood so that they may enjoy a rich, stimulating, integrated, and happy life always. *Visit our website for free articles, homeschooling tips, ebooks, and drawings for baby books! at http://www.baby-can-read.com* |
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