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| Fraboom Expert Victoria |
Raise your hand if you used to whine this to your parents in the middle of a long afternoon—actually, I’ll probably get a better response if I ask who here has heard this from a child with a room full of toys, two computers in reach and a gaming device at their disposal?
Wow! Look at all those hands!
Kids today have so many entertainment options available to them that they eventually hit a wall. All of the prepackaged fun has dried up, resulting in a creativity drought and a lazy brain. We call this Creativity Drought Syndrome or CDS. Signs that your child may have contracted CDS include, but are not limited to: whining that there’s nothing to do, lethargic moping, heavy sighing and dry mouth.
The true test is to place a cardboard box, a pair of scissors, some crayons and a roll of tape in front of your child. If they don’t know what to do...then your child has CDS.
The sudden inability of little Timmy to break out of his shell and create something new is one scenario where Fraboom Live Classes may be helpful. While the Fraboom Museum may be online, it is anything but docile. That’s because Fraboom is not just free games and cartoons thrown onto a website. In a live class, the kids aren’t observers, they’re participants; an integral part of the flow, mood, and activity of the class. Kids at Fraboom are frequently called upon to recall what they’ve learned in school or use their wackiest ideas. They are forced to practice both learning and creating. By waking up both of these skills, we steer them away from thinking ‘all fun is going to be handed to me’ to ‘what fun should I create next?’ and that is where it gets real fun for kids!
Our job is to encourage your child to use their imagination and brain. We prompt, poke, prod and push your child to exercise that pink blob located in their head. Just like any other part of the body the brain needs to be challenged and exercised. In Fraboom we strive to train that brain!
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