Frog Design: The Four Secrets of Playtime That Foster Creative Kids
This is a great article with some interesting ideas about how to teach creativity to children. From the article:
Plato once said, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” What do our children really need to invent for themselves in such a manufactured, overly structured world? While an African child might be monetarily poor compared with his European counterpart, I would argue that he is richer in play because he must invent the very ball he tosses or kicks around. Children in the US simply go to Walmart. From education to play consumption, we have unknowingly created a society of more game players rather than game designers—and that’s an important distinction.
