Description: Take a deep dive into what creativity is, how it manifests itself, and how to support and nurture your child's (and perhaps your own!) creativity. Written for parents and teachers, "Boosting Your Child's Natural Creativity" (formerly "Raising Creative Kids") is a guide to fostering creativity and sustaining the creative spirit in children both at home and at school. Creativity is both a capacity we are born with and a skill that we can further develop. In this fully revised and updated edition, the authors describe various theories of creativity, personality traits, programs, processes, and products that foster creativity. Filled with examples and practical suggestions, this exciting book describes parenting for creativity, teaching organizational skills, and ways to preserve and enhance one's own creativity.
Brief description: Dan Peters, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist who has devoted his career to the assessment, consultation and treatment of children, adolescents, and families, specializing in learning differences, anxiety, and issues related to giftedness and twice-exceptionality. He is passionate about helping parents and teachers engage children in the classroom, at home, and in life so that they can realize their full potential. Dr. Peters is co-founder and Executive Director of the Summit Center with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Torrance.
Review Quotes: The strength of this book lies in its authors' deep understandings of the breadth and value of creative possibility. Susan Daniels and Daniel Peters discuss what underlies creativity, including open-mindedness, imagination, persistence, curiosity, perception, and more. Over the course of several chapters, the authors focus on creative projects, meaningful activities, welcoming environments, and the scope of technology. They provide wonderful suggestions for nurturing children's creativity in different contexts, with family and friends, across networks, and into the future--revealing insights and parenting strategies to help support and encourage children's creative development. Boosting Your Child's Natural Creativity is a resource that parents will turn to repeatedly!
Joanne Foster, Ed.D., Author of ABCs of Raising Smarter Kids; Bust Your Buts; Not Now Maybe Later; and co-author of Being Smart about Gifted Learning