independent play

i recently read an article about encouraging independent play and another on encouraging creativity. does this count for both? i was actually in the kitchen prepping dinner, but emersyn's back was to me (my mistake). from what i could tell this was about half and half intentional and unintentional. with the way she was holding her crayons (color side to her and close to her face) anytime she was distracted and wanted to look at something else there went the crayon across her face! then there was the tasting that she likes to do too. so there we are. i was so excited that she was coloring away, and you can tell from her paper that she was definitely doing some great coloring! you can imagine my surprise when i first saw her face! haha!