Children's Creativity
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"Today we are going to draw pictures", said the teacher. "Oh good." thought the little boy. "I love to draw pictures. I can make cars and trucks and horses and fish and........."

But the teacher said,"Wait! Today we are going to draw flowers," And he started to draw all kinds and colors of flowers. "But," the teacher said "Wait I will show you how". She drew a red flower with a green stem. The boy thought his flowers looked better but he turned his paper over and drew a red flower with a green stem and the teacher praised him.

"Today we are going to play with clay", announced the teacher. "Oh good", thought the boy. "I love to model with clay. I can make cars and elephants and houses and birds and ..." but the teacher said, "Wait! Today we are going to make dishes." "Good", thought the boy. "I can make real good dishes," and he began to make them all sizes and shapes. But the teacher said, "Wait! I will show you how." And the teacher modeled a deep dish from the clay.

The boy looked at the dishes he had modeled and thought they were better than the teacher's, but he crushed them in his hands and made a deep dish from the clay and the teacher praised him.

Then the boy moved to a different school. "Today we are going to draw pictures", announced the new teacher. She passed out the paper and the crayons but the little boy waited. The teacher said, "Aren't you going to draw your picture?" And the little boy said "Show me what to draw." And the teacher said, "You can draw anything you like. If everyone drew the same picture, each of us would not be able to express his divine gifts." The little boy thought a minute, took out his crayons and began to draw a red flower with a green stem.....

*Submitted by Christi

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