张潇 青岛:如何养出一个小小创业家

　　如何养出一个小小创业家

　　Kids say (and do) the darnedest things. Each day mykids amaze me with something they’ve thought of all on their own. I like tothink that I’ve had a hand in some of the things they come up with but for themost part it’s all them.

　　孩子总是说些做些令人很吃惊的事。每天总有一些从孩子自己脑袋瓜想出来的事让我觉得惊奇。我喜欢想;这些事多少有我的痕迹，但事实上大多是他们自己想出来的。

　　I would love for my little men to becomeentrepreneurs when they get a bit older. I’d like for them to be able to dowhat they love everyday and contribute creatively to society. While this is along way off there is something I can do now to help set them up. As a parent Ican help guide them and encourage them to be creative and innovative.

　　如果当我的孩子大一点时成为创业家，我会很高兴的。我喜欢他们能够每天做他们喜欢的事，对社会有开创性的贡献。尽管这是一条很长远的路，然而有些事是现在我能帮他们建立的。作为一个父母，我能够引导他们，鼓励他们成为具开创性和创造力的孩子。

　　Oneof the easiest ways to do this is to

　　encourage independentplay

　　. When kids don’t have an adult to tell them what to do orhow to use a toy it’s amazing what they come up with. There are no rules orpre-conceived notions on how things should be used or should move or should beworn. Objects and toys are turned upside down and back to front and who’s tosay this is wrong? As many of you pointed out in the comments of

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　　whenwe should play by their rules in their world. This freedom to explore andcreate is so important for little ones.

　　最简单的做法就是鼓励自主发挥。当没有大人在旁边告诉孩子玩具该怎么玩的时候，你会很惊奇他们想出来的方法。没有规定或先入为主的想法到底东西该如何使用，该如何移动，该如何穿。东西和玩具被他们上下颠倒摆前后相反放，但谁能说这是错的呢?就如同你们在“跟年幼的孩子玩耍”这篇文章的评论里所指出的许多意见一样，在他们的世界里我们应该照他们的游戏规则来玩。探索和创造的自由对小孩儿是如此的重要!

　　Anotherway to guide young children and encourage reminds me of the old saying: “do asI say not as I do”. The reason we say this is because

　　kids love to mimic and actually want to be littleversions of us

　　. Cool right? Scary … but cool.

　　Set a good example for your kids by being creativeand innovative yourself. Talk to them even when they are very little about whatyou’re doing and why. Let them help you where they can and encourage them to be part of the process. For very young children explore creativity by asking them to help create a story or change the words to make it about your family. Make up some actions to a song and act them out. Everyday you are creative without really knowing it. Your kids are watching.

　　另一个鼓励和引导年幼孩子的方法使我想到一个谚语：依我所言，勿仿我行。为什么我这么说呢?因为孩子喜欢模仿我们，事实上他们想要成为我们的缩小版。酷吧?可怕但是很酷!

　　以身作则为你的孩子立下一个又开创性，创造性的典范。跟他们聊你正在做什么，为何这么做，即使在他们还很小的时候!如果有他们能做的部分，让他们帮忙，鼓励他们成为过程中的一部分。要求年幼的孩子帮忙编一个故事或让他们根据你的家庭改编故事，顺应故事编造一些动作，把它们演出来，这可以让他们做创造力的探索。其实你不知道;你每天都在创新，而你的孩子正在看!

　　Finally,

　　it is okay to help them along,

　　they are little people eager to learn and indeed want to learn from you. Prime them with ideas from your past, suggest things for them to do and help them get started. Teach them to skip, to write, to make toys or puppets. Show them howto put on a puppet show and give them a certain amount of time to create onefor you.

　　末了，可以帮助孩子一路往前走。他们都是渴望学习，真的想要跟你学习。孩子大部分的想法都是从过去你教他们怎么做，怎么帮他们开始的过程中学来的。教他们跳，教他们写，教他们做玩具或木偶。做给他们看怎么扮木偶戏，给他们一些时间为你演一段。

　　As your kids get a bit older, encourage them to create their own businesses think of pet sitting, pet walking, designing websites etc. These little businesses may not be what your kids do for the rest of their lives but getting started and knowing the basic principles of running a small business is invaluable.

　　当你的孩子再大一点的时候，鼓励他们做些小小生意，比方说看宠物，带宠物散步，设计网页等。这些小生意虽然可能不是你的孩子以后会做的事但是开始了解经营小生意的原则可是无价的呢!

　　We all want the best for our kids. We may not all have the same dreams for our kids and heck, they may not even want to be entrepreneurs and that’s totally fine. If nothing else, the encouragement and support we give our kids from the beginning will improve their confidence,their self esteem and will make them more likely to be responsible and contributing members to society.

　　How do you encourage creativity and innovation in your home?

　　我们都希望我们的孩子可以得到世上最好的事物。我们对孩子的梦可能不都一样，嗟!孩子们可能根本不想做一个创业家。可是这些都无所谓。如果没有意外的话，我们从一开始对孩子的鼓励支持将帮助他们增加他们的自信和自重，让他们更可能成为一个负责任对社会有贡献的人。

　　在你的家里，你怎么鼓励创新和创造性呢?