33 things to know about raising creative kids
By: Whitney Ferré.
Publisher: Turner Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781596525627
Subjects: Child rearing; Creative thinking in children
Other titles: Thirty-three things to know about raising creative kids
Table of contents: title: The 33 things; title: Understand the potential within the right brain; title: Provide unstructured play time; title: Turn off the TV; title: Know the developmental stages of creativity; title: Keep it simple; title: Give them space to create; title: Provide their teachers with creative resources; title: Ask them questions and let them solve problems; title: Take them to museums; title: Get outside!; title: Don't say, "I'm not creative"; title: Shop for art supplies at the grocery store; title: Tie-dye; title: Volunteer in their art class; title: Display their art; title: Always keep blank paper around; title: Introduce abstract concepts; title: Learn to "draw a stick figure" yourself; title: Let them dress themselves; title: Don't buy video games; title: Build forts; title: Create your own holiday expressions; title: Promote science; title: Have an easy storage system : start a "scrap album"; title: Create a web site for their art; title: Transform their art into product; title: Buy sidewalk chalk; title: Have a family "paint jam"; title: Keep an art journal; title: Play mind games in the car; title: Let them help in the kitchen and garden; title: Create a dream collage together; title: Be aware of your desire to control.