Comments on: Become a Role Model of Creativity http://livingwithlivewires.com/dont-fence-me-in/creativity/become-a-role-model-of-creativity Freeing Potential in Bright, Creative & Emerging Families Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:11:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Annie http://livingwithlivewires.com/dont-fence-me-in/creativity/become-a-role-model-of-creativity/comment-page-1#comment-124 Annie Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:06:44 +0000 http://livingwithlivewires.com/?p=1207#comment-124 I love this post. You are saying something I discovered after my first son was born and use successfully in homeschooling my three sons. Modeling is a powerful tool in teaching. If I want my sons to have manners, I use them myself. If I want them to be avid readers, I let them see me reading voraciously. Modeling is equally powerful in terms of creative pursuits as well. I am a writer, and I work at home in my boys' presence. My oldest is seven and is showing an increasing concern for use of language and the ideas he wants to convey. I attribute this at least in part to the fact that he seems me working on my own pieces. I also paint as a hobby. Last semester, I took my 7- and then 5-year-old to my night college classes so they could see me as a student in a learning environment. I was amazed at how their interest sparked when they could paint along with me in that setting and see me making my own creative choices. I love this post. You are saying something I discovered after my first son was born and use successfully in homeschooling my three sons. Modeling is a powerful tool in teaching. If I want my sons to have manners, I use them myself. If I want them to be avid readers, I let them see me reading voraciously.

Modeling is equally powerful in terms of creative pursuits as well. I am a writer, and I work at home in my boys’ presence. My oldest is seven and is showing an increasing concern for use of language and the ideas he wants to convey. I attribute this at least in part to the fact that he seems me working on my own pieces. I also paint as a hobby. Last semester, I took my 7- and then 5-year-old to my night college classes so they could see me as a student in a learning environment. I was amazed at how their interest sparked when they could paint along with me in that setting and see me making my own creative choices.

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