Good morning, 
It is self-knowledge, and self-awareness, and this is learned with toys, games and art. I loved legos, rag dolls and reading classic stories like Snow White, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood. I still like them. And from board games, Chinese checkers and Scrabble.
My parents always brought me every time they came back from their trips in my 8 years more or less black, white, handmade rag dolls, and I was a girl with 6 more siblings back then lol accompanied by the army of cousins in my house. After the arrival of all that platoon between brothers and cousins, board games were the ones we could play together.
Childhood needs nourishing images, and these stories are the ones that have withstood the onslaught of time the best. They are full of wisdom and archetypes that transcend cultural fashions.
It is not enough that our body stretches to go from children to adults, it requires an inner transformation that leads us from childish thinking to maturity, responsibility, commitment, empathy, greater self-awareness, humility, loyalty and honor.
Stories, dreams, myths, poetry, movies, allow us access to a hidden message, a language between the lines, implicit, that allows us to realize, to have "aha moments", that wow, I had not seen it like that!!!
Why are educational toys and games so important?
Because for sure, it is necessary to use the prefrontal cortex so that new neural bridges are created and we do not have early cognitive impairment.
That's why these games like: Alphabet soup, sudoku, coloring, drawing. Learning a language, doing an essay, playing memory, strategy games, playing instruments, knitting, embroidery, doing crafts, gardening, cooking new cooking recipes, reading stories and stories... Etcetera and an endless number of recreational activities that we can add as the arts in all their staging, are to keep our dreams present and creativity at its peak.
In the photos, I recently participated in the workshop "Creating your mandala" that day, together with other graduate colleagues, we painted mandalas on our "Meninas" with watercolor inspired by the art 🎨 of our inner girl.
Janitze. 🪁
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