All kids are creative. Which is why many of them have imaginary friends. Joshua at one point had an imaginary friend named Scratch. He also had an imaginary pet dog called Clever-Doing-Dog. Not to be outdone, Joanne announced she had one named Clever-Doing-Cat.
They seem to have forgotten these imaginary creatures now, though. Maybe the various activities and new friends at school have diverted Joshua's attention elsewhere. As for Joanne, she just busies herself with her new toys (mostly hand-me-downs) and cartoons.
But they are both still creative in their own ways. Joshua, a keen sketcher, never seems to run out of things to draw. And what makes things interesting for him is that the kids in school are encouraged to draw and colour when doing their school exercises (they refrain from calling these homework because some parents are apparently allergic to the term). And of course, they are allowed to stick their drawings and stickers on the cover of their books.
I don't recall being allowed to do that in school. In fact, if anyone was found with stickers and drawings on their book, they were likely to get a good scolding, or worse, caning from the teachers. There was hardly any room for creativity. Any desire to truly explore one's creativity in unconventional ways was quickly stifled by the various strict and oftentimes ridiculous rules we had at school.
The kids here also spend a fair amount of time doing art and craft. Joshua brings back something fancy every week, much to the envy of his sister.
Well, Joanne has a vivid imagination too. She makes her own "pet food" for her favourite toys - Fluffy the rabbit, Kitty the kitten and Pikachu the Pokemon. She actually draws the food and cut it out and place it on the pretend plates for them. Sometimes, when she's too lazy to draw, she will cut out pictures from supermarket leaflets.
I'm glad she's going to Prep next year. She'll have a blast everyday at school, just like Joshua is right now.
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yup, that's why malaysia is the centre of creative arts & culture, so we like to think.
After all, we have Central Market mah, cukup la tu.
Parents slogan - We need to ptoduce MORE accountants!
Excuse me Mr Bala... don't forget my parents only ever produced 1 obligatory professional in me. The rest? 1 soon to be unemployed sister, 1 in web design & 1 more unemployable Artsy Fartsy Art Historian.
weiyin...be careful your kids don't get creative on your walls? Mine did but not at our home but on their Granddad's wall as they know they'll get away with it there & indeed they did.
yeah, was really worried about the wall before we moved here. renting a house now, so won't be nice to have graffiti on the wall. luckily the kids refrain from being creative with the walls, so far!
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