Child Lack Creativity, What Am I Going to Do…

Do you fear your child lacks creativity and unable to know how improve his/her imagination? Do you know teaching nursery rhymes is a way to improve creativity? Leaving a sigh of relief…yes, you can definitely achieve this, but how? Let me tell you. 

A parent should know how to stimulate the brain of the child when it is too young. One can start to teach a child when it is about 6 months old. When your child asks for an explanation, be ready to give a proper explanation. Don’t shoo the child. If the child understands that you are not going to teach the child when it asks for, the child will stop asking and thus an end to the learning process. Be ready to say “I don’t know,” if you really don’t know what a particular concept means. Tell the child that you don’t know what it is and you will surely find out details about the concept and will teach him/her. Apart from answering the queries, what are the other ways to improve creativity? How about teaching rhymes to your toddler?

Teaching nursery rhymes definitely stimulates creativity. Is it true? Yes…if you know how to teach the nursery rhyme correctly, it definitely helps the imagination of the child. How to teach? 

Step 1: Start with some simple rhymes like “Jack and Jill” or “Hickory Dickory Dock.” 

Cover via Amazon

Step 2: Ask the child to note down the actions you do when you say the rhyme. 

Step 3: Let the child repeat the rhymes along with actions. 

Step 4: Repeat the process for a couple of days. 

Step 5: Now, ask the child to say the rhymes on its own with actions. 

Step 6: Allow the child to say how much ever he/she knows. Don’t scold or yell at them if they haven’t catch up with the rhymes as yet. 

Step 7: Appreciate them whenever they say at least a few word or sentences of the nursery rhyme. 

Step 8: Create puppets or drawings or birthday themes based on nursery rhymes. 

  Image Via chidcarechoices

Step 9: Involve your child when you create puppets or themes. 

Step 10: Teach to co-relate things. For example, you have taught “Rain Rain Go Away” nursery rhymes; suddenly there is rain. Now as your child what nursery rhymes he/she remembers now. Allow them to recite the nursery rhyme. 

Step 11: Create nursery rhymes theme in cardboards. 

Step 12: Paint the child’s bedroom with nursery rhymes concept. 

  Image via coolkidsrooms

When things are told in an interesting way, children are bound to listen to what you say and eventually, they will learn good habits through nursery rhymes. 

Do you wish to teach etiquette to your child along with nursery rhymes? If you have grown-up children, you may try helping them in your homework.