Creativity Ways to Enhance

Ice Breaker Create a “team” of 3-4. Choose an object that represents something about you and share with your team.

Creative Traits Fluency, flexibility, and originality of thought Open to new experiences and ideas Curiosity Willingness to take risks Persistence Sensitivity to aesthetic characteristics

Can anyone be creative? “Mental capacity that is distributed along a continuum” or “discontinuous group of traits that occur in a few highly gifted individuals?” There is a difference between “ordinary” creativity and “extraordinary” creativity Nancy Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D.

SCAMPER Substitute Combine Adapt/Adjust Magnify, minify, or modify Put to other uses Elaborate/Eliminate Rearrange/Redsign Bob Emberlee

Practice Practice with a common object in the room, such as a chair or the desk Practice with a fairy tale, such as “Cinderella” Practice with a favorite meal such as mac and cheese.

SCAMPER Questioning What else could we add to this recipe? How can we minify noise during homework time? Can you find another use for your toy?

REVERSE SCAMPER Substitute Combine Adapt/Adjust Magnify, minify, or modify Put to other uses Elaborate/Eliminate Rearrange Choose object and reverse scamper

Forced Analogies Person to object –How are you like an orange? –How is a friend like a pattern? Object to object –How is jello like traffic? Idea to object –How is the future like a tree?

Other Ideas Journal/Camera –Noticing the world around you Open ended questions –What would happen if…. –What else could we do… Encourage curiosity –Pose questions and problems –Encourage exploration Time article comment

Deferred Manifestation Instilling a love for art, museums, etc. begins at an early age Inspiration to become a scholar can be modeled by your behavior Enthusiasm for the arts, drama, science, can be transmitted to later in life. Deborah Hazelton (2010)

Creativity Squelchers It won’t work. Be practical. It will mean more work. We’ve never done that before. Warren (1974) Clark (1958)