| Ever wonder why kids hang on to their
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| | looking at a sunset, a new calf, or into
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| teddy bears, binkies, blankies, etc. for
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| | your child's eyes. But you can't SEE
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| so long? Have you ever wondered why they
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| | God. You can feel the wind, see its
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| don't understand a story you've told
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| | gentle or destructive powers, see things
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| them? Because kids are touchy-feely!
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| | being blown about by the wind, but you
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| Children do not actually understand
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| | can't SEE the wind. And you can see the
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| abstract ideas until around age 8. They
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| | results of someone being charmed into
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| will be able to pay lip service to
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| | falling for a scam, but you can't
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| something abstract earlier, but most
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| | actually see the snake oil oozing out of
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| don't actually understand the concept
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| | the con-artist's pores (though you might
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| until around age 8.Abstract is not just
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| | feel that you can!).Same with kids. They
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| for art. Abstract means that something
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| | can listen to a story, repeat what you
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| is a concept, an idea, something we
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| | say, and regurgitate it back to you, but
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| thought of, something we believe in or
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| | they don't sincerely understand the
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| know to be a fact, but is not something
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| | concept of what it would have been like
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| that can be seen. The results may be
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| | to be the person in that story until they
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| seeable, but not the fact itself.
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| | are 8, 10, or even 12 years old.
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| Children won't understand this
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| | We start teaching children to write at
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| abstractness about a concept until
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| | 4, 5, or 6 and they eventually learn to
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| they've learned to understand that an
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| | draw the connections between the written
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| "idea" is a concept.
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| | words and the spoken words. They learn
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| Think about it. Some great abstracts
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| | to write by mimicking what you've written
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| are God, wind, and charm. You can't see
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| | down on paper. But it's hard to get a
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| them. But they're there, nonetheless.
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| | child to write a whole sentence in the
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| You see the results of God's power by
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| | first grade.
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