CREATIVITY Creativity Sets the Stage for Learning Throughout Life! Creativity Being creative means to create new things, have originality of thought and imagination. Being able to create new forms. Book: IT LOOKED LIKE SPILT MILK 1-WHAT DO YOU SEE? 2-WHAT DO YOU SEE? 3-WHAT DO YOU SEE? 4-WHAT DO YOU SEE? 5-WHAT DO YOU SEE? 6-WHAT DO YOU SEE? 7-WHAT DO YOU SEE? Does a different angle or perspective make a difference? Harold and the Purple Crayon Unfinished Pictures Complete the 6 drawings on the handout. GUESS WHO? At age 3, he took an avid interest in music and was already able to detect a note that was slightly off pitch. At age 5, he wrote short piano pieces, and at age 7, he wrote his first sonatas. At age 8, he wrote his first symphony. He never attended school and he died in poverty. Who was he? https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=dN1c7-ZmhhU WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART GUESS WHO? As a baby, she entertained her family by dancing to any music she heard. At age 6 she collected a group of babies in the neighborhood and taught them to wave their arms as if in a school of dance. Pretending to be 16 when she was only 10, she organized and led dance classes in the homes of wealthy Californians. Who was she? ISADORA DUNCAN -The originator of Modern Dance. 1877-1927 Danced in the early 1900s . https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Kq2GgIMM060 ISADORA DUNCAN -The originator of Modern Dance. 1877-1927 Danced in the early 1900s . Not all children will grow up to be a Mozart, Duncan, Shakespeare, or Einstein. But, there are some steps a parent might take to strengthen and help develop a child’s creativity. Fostering Creativity List the 5 ways and a couple of quick notes on how to do it. 1- RELAX THE CONTROLS Allow the child freedom to develop creativity. Avoid constant adult supervision and control. 2- INSPIRE PERSEVERANCE See the product through to completion. Albert Einstein claimed that he actually had no specific talent, that it was just his “obsession and dogged endurance” that helped him arrive at his world-changing ideas. Michael Jordan – has perseverance www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL-gQ2AvJY&t=51s Michael Jordan Jordan attended high school in Wilmington, where he highlighted his athletic career by playing basketball, baseball, and football. He tried out for the varsity basketball team during his sophomore year, but at 5'11“ he was deemed too short to play at that level. Motivated to prove his worth, Jordan became the star of the JV squad, and tallied several 40-point games.The following summer, he grew four inches and trained rigorously. Upon earning a spot on the varsity roster, Jordan averaged about 20 points per game over his final two seasons of high school play. 3- TOLERATE DIFFERENCES Creative children often do not fall into social norms. They will want to know how and why things work and look for a different way to do things. They often have atypical methods of thinking. 4- BE THE CHILD’S ADVOCATE Creative children are often not viewed positively by teachers and peers. Support the child and help to build his/her self-esteem. 5- PROVIDE A CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT Provide a stimulating environment with lots of tools for creative work. Expose them to others’ creative works. Creativity List 3 ways that you enjoy expressing your creativity. THUMBIES Make 4 thumb prints (outlines of your thumb) on the paper. Using markers, crayons, or colored pencils, turn these thumb prints into anything you want (tree, flower, bear, monkey, boy, girl, creature, car, etc.). THUMBIES Now create a STORY using the 4 Thumbies. It needs to be 2-3 paragraphs long. It should have 3-5 sentences in each paragraph. The grammar and spelling should be correct. It needs to be descriptive. It needs to have a plot or a theme. Creating your own “Spilt Milk” With OUT talking about this or discussing this with anyone else in class…. Come up with an easy design that you can manipulate to be different or abstract (like the spilt milk book) to tear out of wax paper. Spilt Milk Activity Instructions 1. Take your design and tear it out of your piece of wax paper. 2. Mount it on a piece of colored construction paper. 3. On the back of the construction paper number from 1-8. 4. Your design will be passed to at least 8 people. Passing the designs around: You will pass around your design and other people will look at it and determine what it is. 1. Take a quick look at the design being passed to you. 2. Turn over and on the back write down what you think it is. Don’t let what others have written down influence what you write down. At the end of class, get back your design. Take a look at the responses that people wrote down. Write down what it actually is next to your name and turn into the box.
