So, who is a leader? And why would you want your child to become one?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A TRUE leader is someone who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- is confident about who they really are because they know themselves,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- inspires others with his\/her gifts and talents because they recognise them,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- is trusted because they can trust themselves,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- can express themselves to the world easily and effortlessly because they don\u2019t feel afraid to do this,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- celebrates other people for their talents and leads\/ inspires\/ listens\/ guides\/ people to share their gifts with the world,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- is ready to make a change to the world no matter how small or big,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- and leads a happy and fulfilling life that is true to their nature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>A True Leader is a highly evolved human being.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n So, as you can see a Leader<\/strong> is actually someone very positive and highly evolved as a human being. Why wouldn\u2019t we want to nurture our children\u2019s leadership mindset then? We all most certainly should if we really want to help our children reach their full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s a few ways how creative play nurtures the leadership mindset:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Creative play allows children to express themselves they way they like and prefer in the very moment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Children can explore their inner gifts, talents and preferences, experiment with them and decide how they can make best use of them in the real world. \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Creative exploration<\/a> opens up the whole world of possibilities which children can flexibly test, reflect on and improve until they are satisfied with the final result.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- While creating children develops great confidence in their own skills and talents.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Creative play<\/a> allows plenty of space for celebration of children\u2019s own individuality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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<\/a>A True Leader celebrates other people and inspires them to share their gifts with the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n To be honest with you, every play is creative when it\u2019s Child-Led.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Children create all the time and creative play is not restricted to Arts & Crafts only. It goes far beyond that. Construction is creative, discussion is creative, dancing is creative, gardening is creative, role-play is creative\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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To really nurture child\u2019s leadership mindset, any creative experience must always be Child-Led<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Otherwise the creativity aspect will most likely be controlled, restricted, and shaped towards a certain direction or agenda-driven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Child-Led means that a child is the author of the experience – they can take it wherever they want it and however they want it. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n
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<\/a>A True Leader can express themselves easily because they are not afraid to do so.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n This also means that you as a parent\/educator are a facilitator of that experience<\/a>, offering child-friendly and safe space and access to tools and resources. But you don\u2019t impose any structure, any outcome, any result. You allow your child\/student to experience whatever they wish and need at that moment. And by doing this you show them that you trust them, that you celebrate who they are, and that whatever they\u00a0offer to the world is wonderful and it doesn’t need to be changed or modified to our liking.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHAT TO DO NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
To help you learn how to support creative Child-led Play and Active Experiential Learning in your setting, Natural Born Leaders has launched a new teacher support programme ACTIVE LEARNING BOOSTER.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s a self-paced hands-on online training programme for Early Years and Primary Teachers who are ready to offer Future-Oriented Education based on Active Experiential Holistic Learning and Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can access the first training module for FREE<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n
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