1. www.geniekids.com Create a tableau Which symbolizes PEACE

2. www.geniekids.com C r e a t i v i t y Source.. Resource.. Force

3. www.geniekids.com Think / Discuss How Creative was your tableau? If you were a facilitator to ‘your’ group – how you would have made the process more creative?

4. www.geniekids.com Your child has a new flashy eraser in his box. He claims his friend has given him. But you have been off-late seeing too many of these “gifts” in his bag/box lately. Also he has been pestering for all kinds of flashy stationery. He had also flicked something few days back from the neighbour’s house. Looks like he isn’t telling you the ‘right’ story. What would be your response Situation?

5. www.geniekids.com So how much creative you think you are? So what is creativity?

6. www.geniekids.com So, what is creativity?

7. www.geniekids.com COLLECT Collect symbols of peace – time 2 min. Meanings Pictures Clip arts and icons Quotations People, Names Events Movies Stories, Poetry

8. www.geniekids.com The Raw material principle The Variety Principle The ‘Death by an Adjective’ principle The Wait and Watch principle COLLECT

9. www.geniekids.com Your child has a new flashy eraser in his box. He claims his friend has given him. But you have been off-late seeing too many of these “gifts” in his bag/box lately. Also he has been pestering for all kinds of flashy stationary. He had also flicked something few days back from the neighbour’s house. Looks like he isn’t telling you the ‘right’ story. What kind of observations / raw material you can collect ? What kind of observations / raw material you can get the child to collect? Situation?

10. www.geniekids.com Views Draw a flower – DRAW A FLOWER Draw the flower - as if to be given to a beloved Draw the flower – as if part of a large flower show Draw the flower – as if crushed by a shoe Draw the flower – as if food for an insect Draw the flower – as if decaying in a dustbin

11. www.geniekids.com Point of Views Describe the flower how a honeybee sitting on the flower will see it how a cloud will see it how a dew drop will see it how an ant crawling on the stem below will see it

12. www.geniekids.com Views Point of Views Play with views Play with point of views

13. www.geniekids.com Your child has a new flashy eraser in his box. He claims his friend has given him. But you have been off-late seeing too many of these “gifts” in his bag/box lately. Also he has been pestering for all kinds of flashy stationary. He had also flicked something few days back from the neighbour’s house. Looks like he isn’t telling you the ‘right’ story. How can you view this above differently? From what different point of views can you see the above? How can the child view this differently? From what different point of views can the child see the above? Situation?

14. www.geniekids.com Make a list of symbols /things that you can use to convey “peace”. Take the material in number of 10-15 Using ONLY this medium and NONE of the symbols you collected ☺ Design a symbol for PEACE Symbol for Peace

15. www.geniekids.com Constraints

16. www.geniekids.com Convey Constraints Combine Construct Redo

17. www.geniekids.com Your child has a new flashy eraser in his box. He claims his friend has given him. But you have been off-late seeing too many of these “gifts” in his bag/box lately. Also he has been pestering for all kinds of flashy stationary. He had also flicked something few days back from the neighbour’s house. Looks like he isn’t telling you the ‘right’ story. What kind of constraints can you put on yourself? What kind of constraints can the child put on himself? Situation?

18. www.geniekids.com Thinking Skill Habit of Mind Way to learn C r e a t i v i t y

19. www.geniekids.com When one works from the premise of creativity one becomes very accepting and that helps. We realise that creativity is not just a visually appealing painting, a pep piece of music, but something that is more fundamental, more pervasive, daily, ….. A thinking process, a way of life C r e a t i v i t y

20. www.geniekids.com Genuine ignorance is... profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas. C r e a t i v i t y

21. www.geniekids.com Your child has a new flashy eraser in his box. He claims his friend has given him. But you have been off-late seeing too many of these “gifts” in his bag/box lately. Also he has been pestering for all kinds of flashy stationary. He had also flicked something few days back from the neighbour’s house. Looks like he isn’t telling you the ‘right’ story. Can we believe that the child is creative? Creative enough to understand? Creative enough to explore alternatives? Creative enough to create his own wisdom? Is this a Creativity Situation?

22. www.geniekids.com C r e a t i v i t y Creativity is within us. Creativity comes out with a constraint. Creativity is manifested as JOY

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