Creative Children...

I think we've almost lost it... the idea of creative children. Imaginative children. But its not due to the amazing companies out there that provide imagination-provoking toys; its not due to the minority of parents who prioritize imaginative play consequently providing our world with a potent group of children able to infuse our playgrounds with incredibly bright children and thus keeping hopelessness at bay; its not due to the well-deserving teachers who have received awards for making their students think... no, the fact that we haven't lost all hope for creative and imaginative children is because children still exist!

During a birthday party for my sister-in-law, my daughter Katie found herself caught up in an old picture album that Lesley's mom, Lori, utilized to store all of their old Colorforms. This is not the Original Colorforms Set but ancient, none-the-less... meaning that Lesley, at her ripe 26 years of age, remembers playing for hours with this same set when she was little! It made me realize that we have unleashed a beast on our children named Disney (not exclusively) and we have created in them a "let it fall in your lap" type of fun. But in all her childlike-ness Katie found it in her to plop down by the sliding glass door in the family room and create Colorform magic... lines of silhouettes of cars and animals and people. I loved seeing her in her quiet thought putting together pictures and when asking for help also critiqued one's ability to stick them properly and in the right place. What was her story all about?! Why was she so upset when the dots were placed incorrectly by the innocent helper?! I loved it and have since been researching Colorforms on the internet and will be purchasing the Original Colorforms set in the next couple of days at Toys R Us (as it is $14.99 as opposed to $29.99 everywhere else.)