Observing Children

You can receive great insight into your children's interests and passions by carefully watching them . I’m reminded of my granddaughter who at 18 months started to dance to music. She had many interesting moves and as she became older her moves became more dramatic and complicated. She could dance to any type of music, and when her dad would play the guitar, she could always find a way to dance to it. When she was three, she was old enough to start a dance class. When I saw her, I asked how her dance class was. She came right up to me with an intense look on her face (only about two inches from my nose) and said with great conviction, “It was great! It was just great!”

My son said there has not been a time when she wasn’t smiling going into class, and she’s always smiling when she comes out. Follow your children’s lead as they dance you through their life.