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I was told recently that creativity and coloring do not belong in the homeschooling process. I'm paraphrasing, but the idea was still very clear. What gets me is this was another homeschooler. AND her oldest is 6 years old. Ummm, is there something wrong with this picture? How can you take these two elements out of the homeschooling realm? How can you take them out of the entire learning process, regardless of how or where kids go for their education? Call me silly, but my kids do alot of coloring to help them in their learning. Sean does it for his fine motor skills--he be a tiny boy of 4--and Matt and Celia use coloring, be it with pastels, chalk, paint, markers, colored pencils, or crayons, for their art technique as well as map skills and their notebooking. They all color/draw when we are listening to Mozart, Bach, or any number of other classical composers.
As for creativity, well, there's an over abundance here of that. I have yet had a day go by without some form of this showing its face. I thought this was definately part of the homeschooling picture. How can you learn and live without creativity? Even if you aren't an artist, you are still a creative person. Aren't we made in the image of God? Isn't God creative? Look around outside. Between the various kinds and colors of plant life and the numerous shapes/sizes/textures of animals, I'd say He is VERY imaginative. Shouldn't we be cultivating our children's imagination? Isn't imagination and creativity the same thing? Am I wrong in this thinking? By allowing my children to be creative in their thinking, we've gone on many rabbit trails. Fun, too! But I guess its all from your point of view.
Even my sister and her ultra strict schedules for her kids--which she needs for five kids from 14 yo to 9 months--always has time for creativity!
I'm sorry but this statement really bothers me. Can you tell? LOL
~getting off the soapbox now~ |
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