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HOW TO KILL YOUR CHILD'S CREATIVITY
Kids are born creative geniuses. But unfortunately, by the time they reach the third or fourth grade, their creativity has sunk. With intelligence, there is a phenomenon called the Flynn effect: each generation, scores go up about 10 points because enriched environments make kids smarter. With creativity, a reverse trend has been identified: since 1990, creativity scores are falling. What are we doing wrong? These are some of the most effective creativity killers:
Creativity flourishes when things are done for enjoyment. What matters is the pleasure, not the perfection. Let’s forget about the “getting it right” and let’s give our kids the opportunity to explore, to make mistakes and take risks and to feel the freedom to express all their wonderful ideas. WRITTEN BY NURIA → Meet Nuria Pérez Paredes, a supernova mama, world-class creative director, and random-acts-of-creativity renegade. Nuria sparks genius by teaching creative-thinking techniques in schools and helping families improve their parenthood skills. She holds a MA in Advertising from Accademia di Comunicazione in Milan and a diploma in Executive & Creative Coaching from Noble Manhattan in London. Nuria loves writing, playing the ukulele, and dunking biscuits in tea. She lives in Madrid with her two daughters and enjoys blogging about their creative endeavors over at The Adventures Archive. I've really been wanting to learn more about how to use i-Pads in the art room, and so I signed up for a PD class through MAEA called Creative APPtitude: iPad Activities for the Art Classroom with Karen Bosch, K - 8 Technology Instructor at Southfield Christian School. I was amazed by all of the options available for teachers and students. I cannot wait to try them out with the kids. Here are a few of the things I created using different i-Pad apps: 
African Silhouette using the Drawing Box free app.
Contour Line Selfie using the Sketchbook X app.
3D monster using the 123D Creature app.
Digital painting of grapes (from a photograph) using the PaintMee Lite free app.
The Pic Collage app is a great way for teachers to showcase an artist's work, or for students to do a report on an artist. It can also be used for student portfolios.
Here is the link for Karen Bosch's SlideShare presentation.
I plan on referring to it often. http://www.slideshare.net/kbosch/creative-apptitude-ipad-activities-for-the-art-classroom I recently came across this great web site for high school art students and teachers to go to for ideas and guidance. I thought this would be a great resource to share with students. http://www.studentartguide.com/ Careers for art students: 
This was really interesting to me. I always knew that people perceived color differently, especially when my husband and I don't agree on a color. I always thought I had a vivid sense of sight and it turns out that I actually do. After taking this color IQ test, I scored a 4, which is nearly perfect.
Give it a try and see how you "see" color. A video about color perception. I love the connection between art, science and philosophy. Are colors fixed qualities, regardless of who is doing the looking? Deepak Chopra addresses the fluid nature of perception, so dependent on the perspective from which reality is experienced.We may all agree that what we see is "red" or "blue" or "green," but who's to say these words describe exactly the same experience for everyone? And how about for a dog or a bee? Perception is relative, and reality, as it turns out, may be mind-made.
I came across this awesome video recently and thought it was worth sharing. Deepak Chopra explores the dynamics of a creative life and relationship of creativity and age (we don't have to lose our imagination as we grow older!). How do you keep your creative spirit alive even as you progress further into adulthood?
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