Currently there is a trend emerging among young families building new homes. Children’s playrooms are being incorporated into new home designs, becoming as common as a second bathroom. Parents are adding these special areas in an effort to accommodate the mountain of toys that children start to accumulate at a very early age. The playrooms are filled with everything from CD players to educational toys, particularly those that stimulate creativity; with one surprise, no TV.
Many of today’s new parents plan their baby’s nursery around a theme. Playrooms are also being designed around a theme with many parents doing the decorating themselves. They are using this opportunity as a creative outlet to try things that they wouldn’t necessarily try in the main part of their house. They are even getting the children involved, making it a family project. The children are allowed to sponge paint on the walls and create some of the decorative accessories to accent and fill the room. Space ships and tree forts are popular decorating themes.
Talk
One hundred creative people were asked when they feel they are most creative.
Here are the results:
- Showering or bathing
- Working on the garden
- Jogging, swimming, cycling or any kind of exercise
- Driving on the highway
- Mowing the lawn
- Browsing through a hardware store
- Listening to a talk-show program on the radio
- Drifting off to sleep in the middle of the day
- Commuting to and from work
- Listening to a really boring lecture or meeting
- Sitting on the toilet
Source: Wujec, T. (1995). Five Star Mind. New York: Doubleday.
Published: February 19, 2003
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