There is a lot of research testing the theory of whether or not creativity can be taught. I believe we are born with an innate creativity-like any other trait, some have more than others. However, I do believe students can be taught to apply that creativity.
We do an activity to practice it. I split the students up into groups. They have a dry erase board (I make sure one student in the group can write-I teach Kinder after all). And then I give them a letter of the alphabet and ask them to come up with a place or food that begins with that letter. The goal of the game is when we read out what we chose-we will have come up with an answer no other group came up with. So when we started this activity-letter M--place, every group said McDonald's. Was that a creative answer then? No it wasn't.
What I am hoping to teach them is not just to go with their first thought. To put some effort into digging a little deeper and coming up with something different.
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