To make your creative sessions with your child even more successful, keep these recommendations in mind:
Encourage your child "picture" the situations as they occur and to tell you what he/she thinks may happen next. (Don't worry if what they say doesn't make sense to you. It's the process that's important).
Encourage "out-of-the-box" thinking and even silliness to further enhance the creative process. (Butter doesn't really fly and sea horses don't live in underwater barns). And remember that non-evaluative adult acceptance of multiple ideas will help to generate more ideas.
You may want to record your creative sessions with your child so that he/she can contribute thoughts/feelings "off the top of his/her head" without having to repeat things.
As you input your child's thoughts, ideas and words, do so verbatim. Again, it's the process that's important.
Watch as their eyes light up and dart about as they access different areas of the brain "looking for" ideas and images.
Listen carefully as they weave these ideas and images into occurrences that complete their story. (This exercise may provide a window into your child's innermost recesses of your child's mind).
Allow this process to unfold without offering your own judgments or interpretations.
