Archive for December 13th, 2009
When you show pictures to you child it is the beginning of the formation of his imagination. Children always notice pictures first and words later. If you try to explain to a child the look of a horse, it is not nearly as interesting or formative as a picture of a horse. Some Christmas cards have pictures of a snowy landscape with a house covered with snow and lights glowing from the windows. Some will show a sleigh being pulled up to the house by a team of horses.
Telling your children a story of the snow, the cold, the home and the sleigh will be remembered and you may be asked to repeat the story from time to time. If you show the child the Christmas card and ask him to tell a story about it, you are helping him develop an imagination.
Pictures of beautiful things placed inside the mind of a child will challenge the baser things of life. The form and color of the picture as well as the detail and harmony are used to open the senses of the child.