How to Encourage a Child's Imagination

Series Summary

No task we undertake in life is quite so monumental as raising a child. Parenting young children requires more than just meeting a child's basic needs. Essential to our parental duties of educating a child to develop their minds and bodies is to nurture a creative imagination the wonder years of development. One of the easiest ways to introduce your child to the world of artistic exploration is to allow them the freedom to initiate and participate in their very own creative projects, whether it be musical expression, painting & drawing, pretend play or just running around the yard.

In this series of free instructional videos you'll learn tips for nurturing the creative imagination of your child. Expert Sally Head offers tips to help encourage artistic and creative expression using art, music, play, gardening, and reading to your children. You'll get advice on living with an imaginative child, and how to deal with any imaginary friends they've made, and how to enjoy their off-beat behavior.

Video Transcript

"One behalf of Expert Village my name is Sally Head and today I'm going to talk to you on how to nature your preschooler imagination. Okay get ready to share your house with a frog, a princess, how about a train or a bird. As children grow there natural curiosity continues to develop and that doesn't mean you should inhibit there natural ability to charge there imagination. One was as parents or guardians we can develop there imagination just by naturing there develop in the natural way. Such as reading book to them, drawing with them, asking them questions, finding out what makes them tick. As you ask them more questions you are going to find out about your child's curiosity and wonder. "