There seems to be a current, on-going discussion as to whether or not we can teach creativity. I venture to suggest creativity is there as potential in all of us, but much of modern life stifles it. I believe it can be re-awakened.
All we as parents have to do is to take care not to stifle our children's creativity, but let it remain open and free for as long and as much as we possibly can. Waldorf education is geared toward exactly this. But in considering the small child we can look to toys and in particular for this blog post, dolls.
See, in preparing for the launch of my ebook 'How to Welcome Your Spiritual Child' I was searching through all things Waldorf on facebook and came upon quite a few suppliers of what were termed 'Waldorf' dolls. But many of these, I felt, had been dollied up (sorry!) to appeal more to the parents-as-buyers rather than staying true to the impulse. A true Waldorf doll has no expression, but simply two dots for eyes and a dot for a mouth.
Let's say, Dolly is sad. But no, she can't be, because she's smiling. On the other hand, in those simple dots for eyes and mouth you have implicit the whole wealth of human emotion. And feeling is one of the roots of creativity. It's bet to leave the child's imagination free to add the expression his play requires.
Take a look at this delightful video!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=574339585975357
