Posts tagged with: creativity

Tikatok

Your child creates and illustrates an original story, and Tikatok converts it into a hardcover/softcover or e-book. more

IDEO’s David Kelley Discusses Creativity in Education

Creativity and innovation have been identified as a key "21st century skills". David Kelley of IDEO has some ideas on creativity in schools. more

Schools Kill Creativity

Video (Elementary School) — "Creativity now, in education, is as important as literacy." Sir Ken Robinson's landmark TED Talk (2006) on creativity is a must-watch for every parent. In it he makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. more

Arts appear to play role in brain development

For years now, the arts have been given the short shrift in children's education - in preference to science and math. The thinking being that science and math are of greater relevance in this brave new technology-driven world. Some new studies are now pointing to a more complementary relationship between the arts vs. science and math - suggesting that a holistic approach to picking curriculum might be the best for child development. more

Scratch Day 2009-Scratch Fest Goes Global

Scratch Day is a worldwide network of gatherings, where people will come together to meet other Scratchers, share projects and experiences, and learn more about Scratch. This year it... more

A “Scratchy” Problem

Video (After-school Enrichment) — Here is a cool video posing a specific problem in an animation created in "Scratch". The video outlines a few different ways kids can approach tackling the problem and ways to use it in a learning context. more

Foster Lifelong Creativity: Think Like a Traveler

Video (21st Century Skills) — Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner, Tom Kelley, General Manager of IDEO, points out that like taking vitamins or exercising daily,fostering lifelong creativity depends on instituting good, healthy mental habits. This... more

Google SketchUp and Autism

Video (Art & Design) — The Google SketchUp team has been sharing stories of the use of their software by children with autism for over a year now, well, ever since they uploaded this video... more

Puzzles and Brainbenders

Traditionally, school curricula have favored left-brain thinking (logical, sequential, analytical and objective thinking) by placing an inordinate emphasis on science and math, and using assessment methods that focus on accuracy... more

Music Makers in a ‘Band in a Box’

 
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Be creative and add music to nursery rhymes and songs with these noisemakers. Introduce your young child to rhythm and music with this collection of cymbals, maracas, tambourine, triangle, clacker... more

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