A Cloudy Lesson Teaches Us Valuable Lessons
We encourage you to watch the short film A Cloudy Lesson with your children. Their ages do not matter. The visual message, the magical content and the captivating story will immediately capture your children’s attention in such a way that they will identify with the main character.
This is a story about values that go beyond the children’s perspective. There are a number of hidden messages that we as mothers, fathers and teachers must also understand.
We at Being a Mom encourage you to discover these messages.
The importance of trusting children and letting them take the initiative
Maria Montessori says that our duty is to offer our children a “ray of light” so that they can later follow our path. We are allies, magicians, craftsmen and guides of their education. We should never be compulsive, difficult or too direct.
Children should know that we trust them, that they are loved and valued until they become strong enough to do things on their own and become adventurous. Children should be allowed to shine with free will and create clouds in the form of stars as our main character does.
Storyn i A Cloudy Lesson
The story in A Cloudy Lesson needs no words. The story is perfect, it immediately captivates us and surprises us.
This short cartoon was made in 2010 by director Yezi Xue and produced by Ringling College of Art Design. The plot is simple: a grandfather and his grandson enjoy an afternoon while making clouds using an exciting device.
Grandfather shows the child that he has a very special tool that requires some skill to handle. When he leaves it to his grandson, he can not create as perfect clouds, large and spongy, as those previously created by grandfather.
Still, the child invents a very original way of making clouds. His grandfather lets him do what he likes. He also becomes a patient observer and sometimes a wonderful partner. What the child ultimately achieves is magical…
A Cloudy Lesson teaches us to look for the positive side of things
Another sensational thought that A Cloudy Lesson leaves us with is that we all have our shortcomings and that in this life no one learns without having made several mistakes.
There are also some things we should teach our children, such as that it is okay to make mistakes. They can overcome the frustration of failure or failure and build the courage and confidence to try again. It’s okay to fail a hundred times to reach your goal.
This is how a child develops his talent. We all have fantastic opportunities, we are all creative, talented and have great potential. Still, we must give children enough space and freedom to develop their own creativity. This exceptional power that children have within themselves should always be “fed”, driven by self-confidence and ideal situations so that it can be awakened.
Giving initiative to children from time to time is a great way to help them grow up with a sense of responsibility and the feeling that they can achieve great things.
Teamwork: the perfect way to achieve amazing things
There are not many bonds that are as special as those built between grandparents and their grandchildren. It is a special friendship, there is trust, but it is also a union where love and respect always contribute to the best stories.
If there is anything else remarkable that we see in A Cloudy Lesson , it is the contrast between the traditional way of doing things and the innovation that new generations can produce. In this story we can see that grandfather makes his clouds in the traditional way with a machine that he has probably inherited from his own parents and those from theirs.
Thanks to the initiative that grandfather gives to his grandson, we see how the little boy after making many mistakes decides to try something new.
He decides to innovate, while his grandfather does not hesitate to help him. The magic of cooperation and trust is the only way to do good things, such as making clouds in the form of stars or animals.
This is without a doubt one of the most special short films you can watch. We highly recommend it to you and your friends. They can also share it with their children so that you can create beautiful things together.
