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Encouraging your school-age child’s creative play

It’s important for your child to enjoy and think about the process of creating things. You can help this happen by encouraging your child to share artworks and creative activities with you and your family.

When your child is creating something, it’s good for him to keep experimenting and changing his artworks until he feels they’re finished. You can encourage this by showing interest in what your child makes and helping him when he needs it.

Whatever artwork your child comes up with, encourage her effort with lots of descriptive praise. For example, ‘I like the rhyming words in your song’. This is great for your child’s confidence.

You can also encourage creative activity by giving your child free time to play and stepping back from your child’s play. Even boredom can encourage children to think creatively.

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