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An article that appeared in Time last year discussed "How thinking like a kid can spur creativity":  http://time.com/4529444/how-thinking-like-a-kid-can-spur-creativity/.  The author argues that fear of judgment often prevents "us from looking at the world like a child might, as a place of wonder and new possibilities."  Freeing ourselves the voice of our internal critic will enable us to embrace our creativity -- and perhaps make us more ready to embrace and celebrate that of our students.

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An article that appeared in Time last year discussed "How thinking like a kid can spur creativity":  http://time.com/4529444/how-thinking-like-a-kid-can-spur-creativity/.  The author argues that fear of judgment often prevents "us from looking at the world like a child might, as a place of wonder and new possibilities."  Freeing ourselves the voice of our internal critic will enable us to embrace our creativity -- and perhaps make us more ready to embrace and celebrate that of our students.

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the development of an idea or concept. Our curriculum works as a guide to us educators, but it is our creativity, ideas, experiences and knowledge of the population we teach that will ultimately help us craft lessons that will motivate our students to think outside the box, ask questions, and solve problems.

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Creativity sparks interest, interest sparks curiosity, curiosity sparks questioning, questions sparks answer seeking and answer seeking sparks learning. Learning sparks success. Success is the SPARK. (That was real deep for me.)I believe at times creativity is needed to spark interest. Creativity is not just limited to projects with markers, paper and scissors. Although, at times it does include the above materials. But those materials are not always in the budget. So if we continue to think that there is no box, we can let our creativity ride and the rest will follow. If we, we the educators, can spark interest of our students, the opportunities are endless and hopefully they will take the process towards other things they are interested in--- or not so interested in. I believe it is not the content of what we teach that is so important (hear me out before you get your underwear in a knot) it is the process of how they they utilize prior knowledge, their thought process as well as their way of finding a solution/ answer to questions and problems. We need to supply them with a toolbox of ways to be better versions of themselves. This way they will be an asset to their community, household and profession. On a personal note, I allow my daughter at her tender age of 4 to just figure it out. I'll ask her to do something and by herself she figures out a way to get it done. Sometimes it is not how I would have done it but I praise her at using her creativity, problem solving skills and prior knowledge to get a task done. Sometimes I'll ask her what she is doing and she says, "You'll see." Which tells me she is confident in what she is doing and knows that she is going to succeed. That is what we want for our students. We want them to be confident within themselves. Creativity ignites success!

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I believe creativity is dying in many areas of children's lives, whether it be in school or in the home. Students don't want to take the time for creativity's "process" to take place. Students live in a very instant gratification world and don't feel the need to fight or work for something. Creativity does not always come easy but takes wrestling with ideas and thoughts to bring them out in different ways. The more students take the time to explore themselves and really look inside, the more creativity will with flourish from within them.

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Developing our children's creativity is a key aspect of our job as educators. We need to find ways to help our students look beyond the curriculum to peek their creativity. As the text says everyone is creative, they just might not have found their medium. We need to think outside the box and put our students needs first to find the medium that interests them.

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People are given things to do at all times. For example we could agree on that we all follow a uniform curriculum. It is up to you to take what we have and make it creative and interesting. This is how we can get our students to learn the skill we are targeting. Adding your own creativity is the reason we are teachers and make our students learn. It is how you do it that makes your lesson stand out and get your students to understand and master the skill.

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Creativity is a key asset for learning and development. It allows an individual to express it's ideas via challenges and solutions. Ideas are based on past, present and future consideration. Creativity reflects the past by experience, the present by options and the future by possibility.

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Creativity in children has been vanishing in the last 10 years. In my experience, the elementary students are lacking the creativity they used to have due to the technology increase. Children are growing up too quickly(lacking imagination)due to parental influences, living environment and television. Children need to be children and be prompted in school to use their minds in creative ways not only by use of computers but also on paper and 3D construction activities. All of these activities help develop the minds of today to become more inventive across the board in STEAM.

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Creating a safe classroom  climate for students to take risk is essential for Lateral thinking  to be executed.  first they need to feel confident that mistakes are part of the process.  

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Creating a safe classroom  climate for students to take risk is essential for Lateral thinking  to be executed.  first they need to feel confident that mistakes are part of the process.  

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Creative teaching is key to good instruction. visiting the past experiences with your students and pondering and anticipating the future outcomes. 

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Creative teaching is key to good instruction. visiting the past experiences with your students and pondering and anticipating the future outcomes. 

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Lateral thinking: using reasoning that is not immediately obvious. The real power of creativity is  if you  change your mind, you also can have the ability to change your life.

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Lateral thinking: using reasoning that is not immediately obvious. The real power of creativity is  if you  change your mind, you also can have the ability to change your life.

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I truly believe these two statements go hand in hand.
The truth is there is a leap of faith that you have to take.

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"Creativity is defined as “the process of having original ideas that have value.”  Expanding on this, he adds, “To be creative you actually have to do something.  It involves putting your imagination to work to make something new, to come up with new solutions to problems, even to think of new problems or questions. "

I believe creativity goes beyond something "new." Creativity also involves bouncing off already formed ideas, or visions. Collaboration is key to creativity. According to this, one is creative when one comes up with something "original." In my opinion, creativity is expanded further through the help of others.

Working with others can help one bring forth an idea, one might not have thought of on their own. "We," human beings, compliment each other best when "we" work together.

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You are the only one who can hold yourself back. Being creative and exploring your thinking will open up your mind to new things. "..the real power of creativity is if you  change your mind, you also can have the ability to change your life" I feel as though this is a very powerful statement. As most of us moan and complain about our daily lives. We truly have power to make our lives better, some of us are to blind to see it.

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Once allowed to be creative you are able to experience new and fresh ideas and identify ways to explore new concepts that once you weren't open to.  I believe creativity is important in the classroom.  It allows for growth as well as change.

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Once allowed to be creative you are able to experience new and fresh ideas and identify ways to explore new concepts that once you weren't open to.  I believe creativity is important in the classroom.  It allows for growth as well as change.

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"Imagination constructs every uniquely human achievement. It lets us visit the past, ponder the present, and anticipate the future." I found this to be particularly interesting, especially in dealing with elementary aged students. I sometimes wonder what my students ponder and anticipate about.

Students must be given the chance to be creative in their thinking and learning. By doing so, their experiences in the classroom will be meaningful and true learning will occur. Creativity helps fuel imagination.

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When following our curriculum there are so many ways to add creative ways to reach our students. We have a rich curriculum but I do feel that part of being creative is allowing our students to delve into their deep thinking processes, ideas and personal experiences. Time however is a factor that we have very little of. Not having music in our curriculum is another issue that also hinders students creativity. Hence...

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Once you find your passion, your creativity will grow.

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I agree that everyone is creative in different ways. However we have not been allowed to be creative.

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Turn on each single light, go to the rooms in the other parts of the house first to determine which switch works for those rooms. Then when you are on the last switch, go down to check that light. You only go down once.

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Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take that for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love and in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
~ Richard Lovelace
Our creativity cannot be ever caged!

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Creativity sparks learning...we learn by trial and error...not just the arts and music but also writing...how many times have we rewritten essays or edited papers to have the best possible submission. Creativity has inspired scientists to find cures for illness, going to space, building outstanding architectural designs etc. Again our students need to be exposed to art, music, field trips to museums, just seeing different cities etc. to spark their curiosity. Not everything can be learned in books. They need to step out of the box and see the world or we can bring the world to them at times through technology. C.G.

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I really appreciated this chapter as it really connected with me.  When I was in my early twenties, I really got into these books that had all kinds of lateral thinking puzzles.  Although, in the beginning when I started reading them, I often could not come up with the answers on my own and had to look for the answers in the back of the book.  The more I kept reading them...the more I realized that I really needed to learn to think another way.  The more I tried…..the better I got at thinking outside the box...of utilizing another part of my mind...of thinking laterally.  I figured I would share one of these lateral thinking puzzles.  Good luck!  Email me if you want the answer!  Dyann Simone

Which Switch?

You have just purchased a giant mansion with a wine cellar in the basement. On the main floor, next to the staircase, are 3 light switches that control light bulbs in different parts of the house. You would like to know which one turns on the light in the wine cellar.

How can you determine which light switch is wired to the wine cellar by making a SINGLE trip to the basement? Note that this is not a trick question. You are alone in the house, the wiring is hidden behind the wall, and the rooms controlled by the three switches are not visible from where you are standing.

The solution is strictly in the manipulation of the light switches. You can do whatever you like with the switches, but once you go down into the wine cellar you need to know for sure which of the three switches is for the wine cellar.