Suggestions To Extend Creative Thinking Skills
A definition of creativity is “What do I do when I confront a problem for which I have no learned solution?”
Creativity is not only the arts. Successful people in all disciplines use creative thinking skills. Some things you could do to support growth in creative thinking skills include:
Creativity is not only the arts. Successful people in all disciplines use creative thinking skills. Some things you could do to support growth in creative thinking skills include:
Analyze paintings, sculpture, music as they pertain to content
Create riddles, jokes, or cartoons based upon content
Create analogies based upon content: “How is a ___like a ___?”
Use guided imagery/visualization
Practice fluency: How many ideas can you make?
Practice elaboration: How many details can you add?
Ask “What might happen if…?”
Ask “What don’t we know about…(content)?”, Generate lists of questions
Ask “How can you improve…?”
Ask “What are the ethical or global implications of…?”
Ask “How does (a concept) look, sound, taste, smell, feel?”
Ask “What possible explanations are there for…?”
Ask “What possible consequences are there for…?”
Write dialogue between historical characters, scientific processes, etc.
Combine characters from different stories to make a new story
Construct, draw, or create visual representations of content
Participate in such programs as: Odyssey of the Mind, Future Problem-Solving, Georgia State Saturday School, Camp Invention
Field trips to such places as art museums
Read books that use content creatively, such as The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster and Lost in Lexicon by Noyce
Use fantasy to discuss content
Analyze content from more than one point of view/perspective
Practice activities in How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Gelb
Use Enrichment Sites on www.fultongifted.org
Use resources such as Tin Man Press, Bright Ideas, Nature Watch, Museum Tour, Gifted and Talented Workbook Series, Creative Learning Press, Creative Teaching Press, Critical Thinking Co.
Create riddles, jokes, or cartoons based upon content
Create analogies based upon content: “How is a ___like a ___?”
Use guided imagery/visualization
Practice fluency: How many ideas can you make?
Practice elaboration: How many details can you add?
Ask “What might happen if…?”
Ask “What don’t we know about…(content)?”, Generate lists of questions
Ask “How can you improve…?”
Ask “What are the ethical or global implications of…?”
Ask “How does (a concept) look, sound, taste, smell, feel?”
Ask “What possible explanations are there for…?”
Ask “What possible consequences are there for…?”
Write dialogue between historical characters, scientific processes, etc.
Combine characters from different stories to make a new story
Construct, draw, or create visual representations of content
Participate in such programs as: Odyssey of the Mind, Future Problem-Solving, Georgia State Saturday School, Camp Invention
Field trips to such places as art museums
Read books that use content creatively, such as The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster and Lost in Lexicon by Noyce
Use fantasy to discuss content
Analyze content from more than one point of view/perspective
Practice activities in How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Gelb
Use Enrichment Sites on www.fultongifted.org
Use resources such as Tin Man Press, Bright Ideas, Nature Watch, Museum Tour, Gifted and Talented Workbook Series, Creative Learning Press, Creative Teaching Press, Critical Thinking Co.