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Creating Minds: Lateral Thinking
There are several methods that can help develop creative thinking skills. This site explains what a few of those methods are and how they can help you think more creatively.
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Creating Minds: Synectics
There are many techniques that can help to develop creative thinking skills. One of those techniques is called synectics. This site explains what synectics is and how it works.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fable Vison
[Free Registration/Login Required] Introducing FableVision: This flipchart is designed to spark your interest in using FableVision. Check out the incredible resources for promoting creative thinking, writing and storytelling within the...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Glorious Empty Page
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart prompts us to get excited about the possibilities of the blank page. Read the article by Peter Reynolds and begin to,"light the flame" of your own creativity. This is the time to play,...
Braingle
Braingle: Mentalrobics Creativity
Exercise your brain and creative thinking. Find daily questions, games, and ideas that will force you to brainstorm, create, imagine, and use your creativity on your own or in a classroom setting.
Duke University
Duke University: Developing Creativity
A brief yet informative article about how parents can foster creativity within their children. Listed are five things you can do to encourage your children to be more creative.
Duke University
Duke Tip: Fostering Creativity
It's never too late to foster creativity in children. This article provides some advice on how to nurture creativity in children.
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Make Beliefs Comix: Create Your Own Comic
Create a three frame comic strip by choosing backgrounds, characters, and objects. Add original dialogue or thoughts, review the comic, and then print or email it to share.
Crayola
Crayola: Crayola Creativity Central: Snowman Builder
In this online game students can choose a hat, fact, clothes, and more to create a snowman. Erase it and start again, or print out a picture to color.
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Improve Your Creative Thinking by Drawing Mind Maps
One way to help your creative process is to use mind maps. This article provides information about mind mapping and how it can help you discover new connections you may otherwise never have seen.
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University of Waterloo: Digital Mathematics Performance
Digital Mathematical Performance is a collection of performance pieces and presentations by mathematics educators and students demonstrates the creative side of mathematical learning and teaching.
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Memory Is a Painter: The Art of Grandma Moses
This site has a short biography with three enlargeable images of the work of Grandma Moses.
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Creativity: Method or Magic?
An essay which explains what is and what is not creativity. By understanding what the creative process is, you will be able to properly invoke the creative thinking skills from within your students.
Baertracks
Creative Quotations
Search this resource for quotations on a wide variety of topics. Includes more than 50,000 quotes.
Goshen College
How to Write a Test for Both Creativity and Knowledge
An excellent article providing many good ideas for how to write tests that encourage creativity and knowledge.
Goshen College
Stereotypes and Divergent Thinking: What Happens to Our Creativity as We Mature?
According to this author, creativity in children decreases as they get older. Learn what causes children to become less creative and what you can do as a teacher to help prevent it.
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Characteristics of Highly Creative Individuals
This page lists the 10 characteristics that highly creative people have. Knowing what these traits are can help parents or teachers to be able to recognize students who may exhibit creative thinking skills.
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Very Well Family: Unstructured Play for Children
Rather than have a purpose, unstructured play is child-led, often leading to play that is creative and improvised. This article discusses the importance of unstructured play and gives tips on how to help children get this most our of...
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Bright Horizons: How Unstructured Play Can Encourage Healthy Risk Taking
Discover how unstructured play can help your child understand and develop healthy risk-taking skills. This article gives ideas on how to create risk-taking opportunities in a preschool environment.
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Mar Tech: Creativity and Innovation Should Fuel Technology Choices
It's tempting to assume that technology is the key when it comes to reaching your audience and engaging them. However, creativity and innovation trump purely technological choices. This article explains the role of each in successfully...
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The Creativity Web: Brainstorming
This site briefly explains and comments on the classic group brainstorming process. It lists the four major guidelines for successful brainstorming and contains some commentary from an author who wrote a book on creative thinking.
Other
Characteristics and Behaviors of the Gifted
This site has a large amount of information on the behavior of gifted individuals. Different sections include: Identifying the Gifted, recognizing Characteristics of Gifted Children, Learning Characteristics, Creative Characteristics,...
Curated OER
Encouraging Creative Thinking With Awareness Questions
Often times, getting your students to think creatively is as simple as asking the right kinds of questions. This excellent article discusses the types of questions to ask and provides valuable insight into the creative thinking process.