Imaginations
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Topic: Imaginations
Posted By: pomikiwi
Subject: Imaginations
Date Posted: 01 June 2009 at 10:02pm
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My DD who is just over 3 has a really good imagination and makes stuff up all the time. I'm guessing I should ecourage it but I do worry that it may enouraging lying? WDYT?
She often says to friends thats she's done stuff when she hasn't and she came upto me today saying that she floated down the dark flowing river, lol! So cute but I really don't really know how to respond. If I get her to talk about it more will she think it's really happened, or does she know it's just a story. She also loves art and is quite good at drawing, so I'm guessing she'll be quite creative (don't know where she gets it from though, not me!) Anyone else's kids have a vivid imagination? Should I just go with it? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
DD-Carys Amelia 17.03.06 |
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Posted By: Tui89
Date Posted: 17 June 2009 at 9:39pm
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My lil man who just turned 3 makes up all kinds of stuff. Once he was reading, Cat in the Hat and I realised he was making up little extras bits to the story. It was super funny.
I wouldn't worry - I think it's just kids - you might try getting your daughter to make up some things around a existing story then tell her it's nice to make up stories for fun as long as everyone knows its just a game. |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 18 June 2009 at 10:18am
Imagination is wonderful. Its hard for kids at that age to differentiate between real life and fantasy but that includes what they see in books, on tv, in their own heads, or what they hear others say. Its perfectly normal and I don't think you have to worry about lying. I don't think children that young lie maliciously - if she does tell the odd untruth its usually innocent. JMO anyway 
If you're looking for a way to put a line between fantasy and reality (though remember it probably won't make much of a difference right now) we use to tell all sorts of stories to my mum and she'd sit down and encourage us to tell her and she'd write it down. She cleverly turned it into a story instead of what really happened to us. Similar to what Tui89 suggested
I've read that children who have had their imaginations fostered by their parents are more able to amuse themselves, can achieve higher at school and have the potential for higher success in their lives. -------------   
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Posted By: Tui89
Date Posted: 20 June 2009 at 11:36am
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I've read that children who have had their imaginations fostered by their parents are more able to amuse themselves, can achieve higher at school and have the potential for higher success in their lives.[/QUOTE]
I think its absolutely true - Babe! Your mum was clever to write it down... we do something similar at home. We have a 'our story' word file which we write in as a diary and the stuff Stacey comes up with his amazing. I set it to really big type and make it colourful and he actually loves typing in the letters/words and asks when we are going to work on 'our book' if we miss a day. His speech, reading and writing level is just incredible for his age - he often reads the bed time story out loud to me before bed. |
Posted By: pomikiwi
Date Posted: 20 June 2009 at 8:15pm
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Thanks, I'll encourage it then for sure.
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DD-Carys Amelia 17.03.06 |