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OLDER
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
Edging their way toward the teenage
years, older school-age children have frequently developed strong
interests and bonding friendships. Their school and social activities
can become more fraught with disappointments and emotional lows.
Just wait until high school! Now is the time to make sure that
creative self-expression of some kind is a coping resource your
child can depend on. Encourage him or her to write/sing/draw/paint/sculpt/mold
feelings that are difficult to verbalize, and should your child
honor you by sharing these feelings with you, never, never condemn
or belittle. The most important toys for children from this age
on are those that allow their minds to grow and their imaginations
to flourish.
   
   
    
 
PLAY FOR OLDER SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
During the later years in elementary
school when children are 9 to 12, they can do many things. They
stay interested in activities long enough to complete them. They
can finish a monopoly game or complete a leather craft project.
They enjoy collections and craft projects. They read adventure
and mystery stories.
These children are able to spend
longer periods of time alone, reading, knitting, putting a puzzle
together, or just daydreaming. They often act on their ideas and
put together elaborate experiments and inventions that may or
may not work.
Children at this age are enthusiastic
about team games and sports, especially if they win. Their feelings
also are more intense, and losing or being chosen last on a team
can be a sad and emotional experience. What their friends think
of them is important.
During the last years before
junior high school, girls will begin to show an interest in boys,
usually in teasing, playful ways. However, most of their fun time
will be spent in groups of the same sex. Slumber parties and movies
are fun things to do together.
More about Children and Play
Reprinted with permission from
the National Network for Child Care - NNCC. Lagoni, L. S., Martin,
D. H., Maslin-Cole, C., Cook, A., MacIsaac, K., Parrill, G., Bigner,
J., Coker, E., & Sheie, S. (1989). Good times with music and
rhythm. In *Good times with child care* (pp. 206-221). Fort
Collins, CO: Colorado State University Cooperative Extension.
MORE ON CHILD CREATIVITY
Make
your child
more creative for life.
Every child has creative
ability just waiting to be tapped. Even infants have budding creative
potential. The right educational toys can bring it out. and let
children enjoy the benefits of creative pursuits at many levels.
Infants,
toddlers,
preschoolers,
early
school age and older
school age children all delight in opportunities for creative
expression through colors, shapes and sounds.
At The Creativity Institute, we handpick each infant educational
toy, every creative plaything, each piece of furniture and every
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Toy
pianos, oversized
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and animal hand puppets, art
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toys make them perfect for classrooms, homeschool,
day care centers and waiting rooms, too. The benefits of nurturing
creativity can be profound, offering children tools for success
in all endeavors athletic, artistic or academic. Let your baby
begin now.
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