A Child’s Interpretation ~ The Rainbow Fish
By Library Romp - 1:22 PM
A child's mind posses a super power. I'm not talking about
how they navigate through our phones better than we do. But a power that let's their mind travel to
the future and create wondrous worlds. Without knowing anything
about actual “science,” they design cities, cultures, and value systems with
childish glee. We see it with Mindcraft. I've
spent hours under the direction of my daughter creating entire blockish
empires. This is going somewhere, I promise.
Remember playing with your friends as a child? We didn't have all the resources there are today. I would conjure up scenarios, directed who acted which parts, and made costumes from what I could find. All with no money and a little comrade negotiation!
Remember playing with your friends as a child? We didn't have all the resources there are today. I would conjure up scenarios, directed who acted which parts, and made costumes from what I could find. All with no money and a little comrade negotiation!
All this creative expression
stemmed from books I read as a child. As a mom and educator, I see how reading
opens channels for the imagination to run wild. Remember, this blog was started
as my little reader and I took on reading the entire children's section at our
library. And it's through these books
not only did she acquire high literacy and communication skills at a young age,
but also learned values and how they work under examples.
What books are your children reading and what values are leaving an imprint? Here's why it's so important to know what your they are reading. After reading, The Rainbow Fish my daughter wanted to know why the fish had to give all his scales away to make friends? Sorry Marcus Pfister even a child may not have the word, but they can recognize rejection of individuality and promotion of socialism. You might be shaking your head saying the moral of the story is sharing. But it can be interpreted in several ways. My child came away with the message, you have to give up being unique to be accepted. And that you have to buy friends. How do you see this?
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