creativity

[rrbrigi]

Hi,

I had just a parent meeting with my son?s teacher in the nursery. My son will start the school in Sept 2012 so we had a meeting about he is ready for the school or not. She told me that my son is ready for the school and lot more ahead academically than other children in his age (socially the same as other children). He is very good in everything (math, reading, science, computer, languages etc?).Probably he needs to practice his writing a bit more. The teacher went through with me all of the area (e.g.: problem solving, language, social development, creativity etc...) and told me lot of amazing and nice thing how clever he is. So at the end of the meeting I asked her if she think that my son is talented in any areas. I thought that my son is talented in math and languages, because he is very good at these. But the teacher told me the area that we should look after is creativity and creative writing and thinking; these are the areas that she thinks my son is gifted and the school will recognize this, because it is in the report that she will give to the school. And she also told me that my son is very bright in the other subjects as well.

I was thinking a lot if I should post this thread, but I need some advice. Please could you tell me how I can look after his creativity? How I can help him to develop his creative writing and thinking? What do creative writing and thinking mean? I think I have some problems because we are not English, so we do not speak English at home at all. How I can help his writing or thinking in English when my English is lot poorer than my son English?
I already recognized that he knows a lot more in our own language than in English. E.g: his math is better in our language than in English or the same with his reading or writing. We do not read or sing in English at home for him, because we do not want to influence him with our bad pronunciation or grammar. However we do read and sing for him in our language, or I do teach him reading, writing and math in our language. If I ask somthing from him in our language in math the answer comes quicker than in English.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

My suggestion would be a drama group. My son has gone from an early age and really enjoys it. He's now 11 in a group where they write and perform their own plays.

Do speak & sing English to him as when he starts school he will have his homework & reading in English & will need your help.

Great that he's creative - let him talk about his ideas & when he does start to write don't get to bogged down in handwriting, correct spelling & grammar - let him express himself.

I would encourage reading in English - "Winnie the Pooh" stories for example.
Read a bit to him and then get him to read to you. Kipling's "Just so stories" come to mind as well. Choose the books which are masterpieces of English Language. PS Don't let him watch Disney films too much, they do not encourage creativity of thought or language (oops, OK this is IMO)

Creative writing at nursery level? Languages? Science? Have I read your post wrong?
I really think you should relax. [Apologies if I have misread your post and your child is much older than 4!].

I remember my DS getting reports from the nursery on these subjects.
I suppose growing sunflower seeds in yoghurt pots is a science (SunflowersSmile :)).
Numbers, shapes etc is math. And language .. well its talking, communicating ,writing etc.
I think OP is rightly worried about cultural integration - but please don't be.
Bilingual children do very well with right support.
He will speak English without an accent and will think in English as well - his whole life here is in English. I suggest you keep your native language as much as you can but please read him good English books - you will enjoy them together and this will develop his vocabulary , sense of language etc.

I guess it is 'grown up' terms for simple things!

Just reading him stories and playing should be enough at this stage I would think. A bit of singing and watching [educational in my opinion!] Cbeebies. My ds age 2 learnt numbers from numberjacks and the Numbertums [?] and loves alphablocks. Now shouts out door numbers when we go for walks.
I am a lazy sod though!! .

I guess the nannies have to keep themselves entertained ! I used to get really wound up collecting my 6 month old's "art work" where he would stub some holes with crayons into nanny's drawing or, worse, his best clothes covered in paint ..mixed with food and baby goo.Never mind art, keep him clean I thought.
I guess that was "creativity"