Why should a child develop imagination?
Imagination is an important and exciting area in the development of the baby. First, let's try to get acquainted with some basic principles and facts. Every child has the opportunity to develop creative abilities and imagination. It is adults who help to develop the imagination of the child, literally "teaching the baby", revealing the big, fascinating and exciting.
The world created by the imagination of the macrocosm is not at all a fantastic country, living by its own rules. The child's imagination is based on the experience of the child himself, who he is the scapegoat of real life. These are events, actions, habits.
Parents should encourage all manifestations of creative imagination of the child. The best, created by the baby, can be stored in a special folder. It will be original ideal examples of what he can achieve with his imagination or with a little help from the adults. It is very important that the child can adequately assess his "work". If the child does not develop this skill, then his creative development can "slow down". He must understand that he has done well and what needs to be corrected. Parents should always say that this is fine, because then why do something else.
Do not allow adults to accuse the baby. For example, that he is worthless, that the other has turned out well, that you will never achieve it. Such remarks are able to permanently discourage the baby from continuing to work. Also, it is impossible for the child to "praise", emphasizing that the other children are not competitors to him. This will lead to the emergence of a nuisance of inadequate self-esteem and make it a "curiosity", which will complicate the contact with other children. All children with imagination inherent trait - the ability to creative initiative. This is usually formed by 5 years. But depending on the age of the imagination of children is changing.
What is the imagination of a child at different ages?
When planning a child's work, one must take into account his abilities related to his age. Appears at the crumb of the imagination in two years. At this stage, it finds its embodiment in the game. A kid, playing, is able to treat ordinary objects as if they were imaginary. For example, a cube can be a machine, a box of a garage, etc. But the creative ideas of children are not up to any tasks. The child is not yet able to create a plan and implement it.
By three years, everything is gradually changing. Children in this age move from the games of subject to story-role. Children's life experience is enriched, they are able to create intentionally, deliberately implementing the plan.
In six years there is a variety of games and stories and, accordingly, the roles that children perform (doctor-patients, daughter-mothers, etc.). Imagination of the child is already developing as a mental full-fledged process. Now the kid is able to act in terms of representations, various images, objects and game actions.
How to develop the imagination?
The material for the imagination is the knowledge of the child around the world. After all, to compare a flower with a butterfly, you need to know how the flower looks and what the butterfly represents. A child should be given as much information as possible. To acquaint him with plants, animals, birds, fish, etc. It is necessary to notice what your kid likes most. For example, if you like fish, then first familiarize it with the species of fish, then talk to the hominids in which they live, etc. It's good to drive a child on excursions, the vzoo, and then talk about what he saw.
The game for kids is a world in which you can fully realize your imagination. But games for children will bring real benefits if adults participate in them too. You can play children's games and gently offer your own - for the purpose of developing his imagination. Do not allow the baby to choose the same games all the time - offer new, with new plots igeroi.
Time-tested tales stimulate the imagination of the child. Reading the kid out loud, try to interrupt the reading and ask him what will be the next. For example, what do you think the king will answer or how will the cat ypres. The child can assume the continuation of the story, and then you will compare its history with that in the book. Later the child will be able to come up with various stories with characters.
"To stir up" the imagination of the child will perfectly help home theater. You can add new stories based on fairy tales. You can also make a variety of stories. The main thing is that the roles are distributed to both the child and parents. If the images of the heroes pick up the right music, the tousal will be even more exciting for the child. Mini-theater is a wonderful learning game for imagination, creative attitude to business, aesthetic taste.
To engage in the development of the imagination of children include painting (markers, paints, pencils, wax crayons), molding (clay, salted dough, etc.). You can draw and mold on various topics. Blinding, for example, the heroes of the film, you can play a performance.
An excellent idea would be to make magnets for records, greeting cards. It is good to do with the child of the tapes (colored paper, beads, cloth scraps, etc.).
It is necessary to know, when dealing with children, that necessarily one of the outlets will give impetus to the development of the child's imagination, and then you will need to praise your child sincerely and support him in all endeavors.