Oh my goodness! So interesting! I was just talking to my mom about how teaching my daughter is hard because she has ALWAYS struggled with doing things that she couldn't do well (she didn't talk until she could speak full sentences!) She is VERY creative. I'm going to try this!!
I hope it helps her! My oldest still struggles with perfectionism, but I think with every subject that she adds and gets used to making mistakes in while continuing to learn that it's improving. I think she'll always have it - sometimes I think our job is to just help kids live their best lives who they are. Either way, poetry completely changed the way she related to writing, and I hope it helps your daughter too. Here's a link to a post on a bunch of easy poems - Haikus are also great and were an early favorite. https://www.clarified.life/p/nurturing-young-poets-12-easy-first
Oh my goodness! So interesting! I was just talking to my mom about how teaching my daughter is hard because she has ALWAYS struggled with doing things that she couldn't do well (she didn't talk until she could speak full sentences!) She is VERY creative. I'm going to try this!!
I hope it helps her! My oldest still struggles with perfectionism, but I think with every subject that she adds and gets used to making mistakes in while continuing to learn that it's improving. I think she'll always have it - sometimes I think our job is to just help kids live their best lives who they are. Either way, poetry completely changed the way she related to writing, and I hope it helps your daughter too. Here's a link to a post on a bunch of easy poems - Haikus are also great and were an early favorite. https://www.clarified.life/p/nurturing-young-poets-12-easy-first
Poetry as a cure for perfectionism. Brilliant.