Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

After watching this clip and listening to Ken Robinson, two quotes stood out for me 1- "Many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they're not, because the thing they were good at at school wasn't valued" 2- "Our task is to educate their whole being." These reinforce the importance of early childhood education, knowing that we do approach education from a holistic point of view - teaching the 'whole being' rather than separating out the different learning areas. It also reminds me to value the children's different strengths and interests. His example of the choreographer shows how easily a gift can be misinterpreted.

Recipes for play

I posted this item on the Natural Steps blog as examples of what parents could create at home for their children. This is evidence of dimention 19: communicates with families, whanau and caregivers