{"id":4226,"date":"2024-12-03T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/lincoln\/?p=4226"},"modified":"2024-12-03T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:00:13","slug":"trait-of-the-month-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/lincoln\/trait-of-the-month-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Trait of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This month Lincoln School is focusing on the hard character trait-<\/span><b>Creativity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Creativity is characterized by the ability to perceive the world in new ways, to find hidden patterns, to make connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena, and to generate solutions. Creativity involves two processes:\u00a0 thinking&#8211;then producing.\u00a0 If you have ideas, but don\u2019t act on them, you are imaginative; but not creative.\u00a0 Parents can help develop creativity by having children use everyday objects in a new way. Empty boxes, paint, crayons, glitter, construction paper, Play-Doh, and glue can offer unlimited possibilities. Parents can encourage children to make cards for the holidays, design their own wrapping paper or develop a new board game. Parents may want to limit passive activities like TV watching and video game play as these activities are received, rather than being generated by our imagination. Creativity can also be expressed by self-selecting clothing, accessories, and room d\u00e9cor (as much as you may not agree with their choices)!\u00a0 Just be creative and have fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u201cCreativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mary Lou Cook, author<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month Lincoln School is focusing on the hard character trait-Creativity.\u00a0 Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. 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