[Imagination Club] Challenge: boosting kids' creativity

[Alka Puri]

In my mind, I see this workshop a lot different from the usual things that 
children do... eg writing, painting etc.
I would introduce them to mind-maps, which would help them look at ideation 
as a more holistic and expanding concept, rather than a linear one. So I 
would help them create mind-maps for fun things like 'ideas for a birthday 
party', 'ideas for a school project' etc.
I would do a lot of exercises with them, which help them think differently. 
Like asking them to complete proverbs with a different ending, letting them 
generate analogies for a problem on hand, or using simple ideation 
techniques like random word.
Children usually have a high degree of creativity; it gets reduced as they 
grow up.One of the messages in my workshop would be to emphasize how 
important it is to retain the capacity to think different.
Alka Puri

 On 9/14/05, Jeffrey Baumgartner <jeffreyb at jpb.com> wrote: 
> 
> Most of our challenges lately have been business oriented,
> so here's a more social/educational challenge...
> 
> You've been assigned to create a workshop to help younger
> children - let's say 10-12 year olds - in your community
> improve their creative thinking skills. What kind of
> activities do you offer and how will you structure the
> workshop?
> 
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