“Of all the things you wear, your
expression is most noticeable”
I would like to quote the famous words of the song writer Katy
Perry to start my message…
“BE YOURSELF AND YOU CAN BE ANYTHING”
One thing in this whole of universe you can always do better than
anyone else is “BEING YOURSELF”.
Being oneself is the freedom to express and it is the basic human
right of an individual.
Are we allowing our children to express or just letting them
absorb information from every possible social media and make them numb with
info?
I just asked a boy in the school to tell the various uses of tooth
brush…
His face was brightened and he started shooting his answers:
1.
To brush our teeth
2.
To clean the carpets
3.
To clean the tubs
4.
As Paint brush
5.
To clean the teeth of the dog and he
was endless.
The more the child expresses, the more the Divergent thinking
develops. Have we equipped our children with Divergent thinking that is the key
to problem solving and the back bone of creativity?
How to make children express themselves?
More Free play and Less Screen time.
Play aids the development of physical structure.
Play teaches Kids how to negotiate group dynamics.
Play helps kids cultivate creative thinking skills.
It is so unfortunate our generations of young people are succumbed
by Social Media and the T.V., Internet, Whatsapp
or Facebook interfere with their
divergent thinking process. Statistics are so painful that more than two thirds
of kids spend an average of two hours a day using some form of electronic
media.
Children become like sponge, may be able to absorb facts and
figures but they can’t combine them in novel and useful ways.
Limit your screen time and increase their free play time. Children
who do not express themselves would evolve to be people-pleasers. They grow up into unhappy adults who never really
reach their unique potential.
Have an ART ATTACK!
Let the child have healthy way to express its emotions like
sadness, anger, aggression, happiness, disappointments and excitements.
Have them DRAW
Have them SING
Have them DANCE
Have them SCULPT
Have them MAKE ORIGAMI
Have them COMPOSE
Have them WRITE
Have them express themselves through any art form.
LET THEM CHASE THEIR INTEREST
Listen to kids what their interests are.
Create space for them to express it.
Let them choose their activities like stamp collection, Coin
Collection, Advertisement one liners, Names of movies, Names of the books,
Names of the authors, Collection of pictures of bikes, etc.
LET THEM CHOOSE
Teachers can encourage kids to participate in shaping their
learning by letting them suggest projects and experiments that interest them.
Teaching kids how to express themselves is one of the most
important life skills you can give them.
When kids feel comfortable expressing who they are, they can make
their dreams come true.
I repeat and reiterate the words of Kate Perry:
“BE
YOURSELF AND YOU CAN BE ANYTHING”
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