Folks, I’m running on fumes today. It’s been a long week over here and while things appear to be looking up, I have only one thing on my mind: quiet time.
I am a HUGE fan of quiet time, as it replenishes my patience and concurrently provides my children the opportunity to nap, snuggle up with a good book, or create. Every day we have one hour of quiet time. You can sleep, you can read, you can invent, you can create, but you must do it independently and quietly. Leo and T rarely nap these days and occasionally I’ll feel guilty that they are up in their rooms for an entire hour when they are unlikely to actually nap. However, when quiet time ends, they invariably emerge sharing something exciting they read in a book or something they created. I am always amazed with what they come up with just after whining, “I’m booooooored!” To me, that justifies the quiet time. I think we all need it, and we are all better for it.
I thought I’d share some of these Quiet Time Productions with you today:
Wine cork squirrel invasion.
Floor plans for a fort.
Spooky creations.
And, just now, I walked past Leo’s doorway to find this:
“Mum! What do you think it is? A tool belt or a weaponry belt?”
So I think I’ll tell the guilt to go away when it rears its ugly little head because I quite enjoy these Quiet Time Productions.
Do your kids get creative when boredom strikes? Share your story here!
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Over-scheduling their child’s time, far from improving their lives, actually damages them. Scheduling an hour of free time strengthens their imagination. When children are free to concoct their own diversions, they develop passionate pastimes. As they play with dolls or toy horses, they make up stories. These stories are often deeply imaginative.
~Julia Cameron
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