Read lovely children’s poetry to attune your child to the beauty of language and metaphor. When reading to children, choose beautifully illustrated non-fiction books to help them discover the wonders of science, history, and nature. Make reading together a tradition in your family. From Peter Pan and Winnie the Pooh to Harry Potter and Max and Ruby, good books allow children to suspend disbelief, explore new worlds, and meet amazing characters. Since its heyday in the early 20th century, children’s literature has been a powerful creative and imaginative force. Furthermore, nature helps to foster children’s intellectual, emotional, social and physical development by teaching children skills like observation and analysis. These small, simple pleasures develop a love of nature. Get a membership to a zoo or natural history museum and visit frequently. Bring a bowl of snow in the house and watch it melt. Set a birdfeeder outside your kitchen window. Claim a tree as your “family tree,” and observe it throughout the year, noting its changes. Fortunately, nature study doesn’t have to be a big event. What they need from adults is time and opportunity. They don’t need anyone to tell them about the joy of walking barefoot through grass or the thrill of discovering a bird’s nest. Children seem instinctively attuned to the wonders of nature.
Build margin into your schedule to allow for silliness, downtime, and play.Įxplore Nature. Lucky is the child who has adults in her life capable of engaging in pretend play and silly games.
The authentic life of a child, however, is much more qualitative in nature. We measure our days by work productivity, financial health, and completed to-do lists. We live in a culture that tends to mostly value that which has some practical application or benefit. Tips for Cultivating Childhood Wonder & Creating Moments of Joy Take a playful approach. In this article, we offer a few ideas for creating a wonder-filled home. Quick, simple activities can make a big difference. Fortunately, cultivating childhood wonder and joy doesn’t require monumental effort, but rather, doing less of what doesn’t matter and more of what does.
One of the most delightful things about children is their sense of innocence and wonder, yet helping them maintain that sense of wonder can be challenging in our sophisticated, hurried society.
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“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” –W.B.
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