September 6, 2022 • 4 mins
Welcome to the Stage for Kids podcast with Teacher Emil and friends. I'm Ethan, and i'm going to share with you Teacher Emil's written episode on allowing our children to truly get creative!
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(00:00):
Welcome to the Stage for Kids podcastwith Teacher and Mill and friends. I'm
Ryan and in this episode we shallhave an honest conversation about cultivating creativity in
young children, specifically our young children. We've all gone to schools and educational
providers. We've read through many oftheir brochures claiming to encourage children to be
(00:20):
creative, and if you observe carefully, you will see that for many the
preacher usually isn't matching up with theact. Having been running an educational company
and having taught in many places aroundthe world for nearly two decades, I
can tell you that the ones hinderingour children from truly being creative are us
us, the educational providers, leaders, educators and parents. What does it
(00:44):
mean to be creative? Well,in my definition, it is to be
inspired, be able to create,develop, and maybe produce. That last
word produce is where many schools,teachers, and even parents get stuck at.
And that's why our kids can nevertruly be allowed to be creative or
express themselves. We put too muchemphasis on the end product, the produce.
(01:08):
If we really want to empower ourchildren and allow them to become who
they are, meant to be,we must allow them to experience the processes,
the challenges, the trials, therisks, and the failures. Why
so, because being creative is alsoletting them know that it's okay to fail.
And if you think about it,creativity is a byproduct of failure.
(01:29):
Why again, because society has setupon a certain standard an expectation, and
if we don't always meet it,we think we have failed. So we
have been failing a lot. Butguess what. Creativity isn't about meeting anyone
else's expectations. It is about lettingthe child meet their expectations, and if
(01:52):
they fail, let them know thatin life, the only failure is never
to try, risk, experience,contribute, and strive towards their experience and
goals. I run stage for KidsGlobal, and I've had schools asking me
if I vet my trainers your endperformance scripts. Would anyone like to ponder
upon and think why that's countercreative empowerment? How is a CEO supposed to inspire,
(02:15):
cultivate and empower his staff and allof the children in my program to
be as creative as possible? WhenI am expected to check their scripts and
lines, actions and character roles anddirectorial efforts. Even without vetting, there
will be a performance. No.Without vetting, kids get to be comfortable
and grow in confidence with their efforts. No, the trainers get to work
(02:37):
with the children based on what theyhave created together. No, what was
I supposed to vet every single word, every single facial expression. It frustrates
me. Fellow educators, leaders,and parents, We are at an age
(02:57):
where creativity is not only crucial toone's prefer pfessional success, it is also
an important skill for survival. Andwhen we have to manage control or vet
their creative process, journey an evenproduct, we are doing them a disservice.
It no longer becomes their creative process. It becomes ours. Stick with
wanting the kids to be creative,and that means expecting imperfections, expecting performances
(03:21):
on stage or on video that areless than academy worth or maybe even laughable,
or an art work that is overlyabstract it looks like blotches of random
colors, But hey, those arethe genuine, real creative work of your
child. You want creativity, that'sit. Yes, skill must and will
be taught. But remember we canlearn everything under the sun. But if
(03:42):
we like black on red. Onlyblack on red will help us grow and
help us be who we are meantto be, our creative self. How
do we truly allow an organic andunrestricted journey of creative expression in our children?
One Allow them to try and allowthem to fail. Two. Get
involved in their experiences. This includesallowing them to try all that they want
(04:02):
to try. If you can't getinvolved, at least be there with them,
or allow them to join a programof their choosing that really encourages creativity
and self expression. Three. Enjoyand praise your child's end product, whatever
form that may be. If youdon't understand the product, ask, ask
kindly and without judgment, and learnfrom the answer received. Take the answer
(04:27):
and build upon it. Develop thatseed that is truly allowing our children to
learn to be creative and expressive,learning from them and their product, and
learning their pleasure and happiness from theirefforts, not from what we want to
see or from what effort we haveforced ourselves and on our children. If
we want creative children, let thembe creative.
Welcome to the Stage for Kids podcastwith Teacher and Mill and friends. I'm
Ryan and in this episode we shallhave an honest conversation about cultivating creativity in
young children, specifically our young children. We've all gone to schools and educational
providers. We've read through many oftheir brochures claiming to encourage children to be
(00:20):
creative, and if you observe carefully, you will see that for many the
preacher usually isn't matching up with theact. Having been running an educational company
and having taught in many places aroundthe world for nearly two decades, I
can tell you that the ones hinderingour children from truly being creative are us
us, the educational providers, leaders, educators and parents. What does it
(00:44):
mean to be creative? Well,in my definition, it is to be
inspired, be able to create,develop, and maybe produce. That last
word produce is where many schools,teachers, and even parents get stuck at.
And that's why our kids can nevertruly be allowed to be creative or
express themselves. We put too muchemphasis on the end product, the produce.
(01:08):
If we really want to empower ourchildren and allow them to become who
they are, meant to be,we must allow them to experience the processes,
the challenges, the trials, therisks, and the failures. Why
so, because being creative is alsoletting them know that it's okay to fail.
And if you think about it,creativity is a byproduct of failure.
(01:29):
Why again, because society has setupon a certain standard an expectation, and
if we don't always meet it,we think we have failed. So we
have been failing a lot. Butguess what. Creativity isn't about meeting anyone
else's expectations. It is about lettingthe child meet their expectations, and if
(01:52):
they fail, let them know thatin life, the only failure is never
to try, risk, experience,contribute, and strive towards their experience and
goals. I run stage for KidsGlobal, and I've had schools asking me
if I vet my trainers your endperformance scripts. Would anyone like to ponder
upon and think why that's countercreative empowerment? How is a CEO supposed to inspire,
(02:15):
cultivate and empower his staff and allof the children in my program to
be as creative as possible? WhenI am expected to check their scripts and
lines, actions and character roles anddirectorial efforts. Even without vetting, there
will be a performance. No.Without vetting, kids get to be comfortable
and grow in confidence with their efforts. No, the trainers get to work
(02:37):
with the children based on what theyhave created together. No, what was
I supposed to vet every single word, every single facial expression. It frustrates
me. Fellow educators, leaders,and parents, We are at an age
(02:57):
where creativity is not only crucial toone's prefer pfessional success, it is also
an important skill for survival. Andwhen we have to manage control or vet
their creative process, journey an evenproduct, we are doing them a disservice.
It no longer becomes their creative process. It becomes ours. Stick with
wanting the kids to be creative,and that means expecting imperfections, expecting performances
(03:21):
on stage or on video that areless than academy worth or maybe even laughable,
or an art work that is overlyabstract it looks like blotches of random
colors, But hey, those arethe genuine, real creative work of your
child. You want creativity, that'sit. Yes, skill must and will
be taught. But remember we canlearn everything under the sun. But if
(03:42):
we like black on red. Onlyblack on red will help us grow and
help us be who we are meantto be, our creative self. How
do we truly allow an organic andunrestricted journey of creative expression in our children?
One Allow them to try and allowthem to fail. Two. Get
involved in their experiences. This includesallowing them to try all that they want
(04:02):
to try. If you can't getinvolved, at least be there with them,
or allow them to join a programof their choosing that really encourages creativity
and self expression. Three. Enjoyand praise your child's end product, whatever
form that may be. If youdon't understand the product, ask, ask
kindly and without judgment, and learnfrom the answer received. Take the answer
(04:27):
and build upon it. Develop thatseed that is truly allowing our children to
learn to be creative and expressive,learning from them and their product, and
learning their pleasure and happiness from theirefforts, not from what we want to
see or from what effort we haveforced ourselves and on our children. If
we want creative children, let thembe creative.
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