Imagination - Nature or Nurture?
Do children have to be taught 'how' to play?, or is it something that evolves naturally? Imagination has never been my strong point and I was forever bugging my Mum by saying I was bored and asking her what I could do. I was never one to play for hours with a box or be creative. I enjoyed my Sindy dolls except after spending an age setting up the house and dressing them all I'd sit staring blankly at them not knowing what they should do next. Leo seems to be heading the same way, at home he is happiest playing the Wii but take him off it and he doesn't seem to know what to do, and I'm struggling to help him. We build tracks but he loses interest as soon as they are built unless I tell him what 'emergencies' are happening or what jobs the engines need to do. He loves to paint but he doesn't know what to paint unless I tell him, He likes to make stuff but unless I see an idea on pinterest I don't know what to suggest, he then wants to watch m...