Introduction to Idea Generation fun process and tools and what are the Mind Mapping and SCAMPER tools we will use with the kids.

Mind Mapping is a visual technique that works great with kids and help them prepare the ground for the idea generation phase that is about to follow. See this lecture to learn how to map the components we can play with with Mind Mapping fun.

SCAMPER are 7 ideas generation tools that kids can learn from a very young age, and are powerful enough for youth and adults as well. This lesson will show you how to use the SCAMPER tools with kids, and will elaborate on the Substitute tool.

Let's continue to learn the SCAMPER tools for idea generation. Combine creates interesting ideas by connecting separate parts or steps together. The results can be quite funny at times. Adapt makes the thing we are innovating in better suited for specific situations or audiences.

Modify is a tool that focus on the micro - the properties of components and objects - such as color, size, speed and so on. Use it to come up with ideas that are easy to implement and yet produce fun variations. Put to other use, on the other hand, offers a bird's eye view of the purpose and usage of the complete object or process, and invites the kids to offer new perspectives and opportunities.

Learn the two final tools of SCAMPER - Eliminate and Rearrange. Eliminate is about coming up with ideas by actually removing components from the "Closed World", and Rearrange focuses on shuffling the components around - either in space or time - to get completely new ideas and results.

The most immediate environment for children is their room, or their classroom when they are at school. In this lesson I'll take you through a detailed example of using the SCAMPER tools to reinvent their room or to come up with cool creative ideas for redesigning the classroom.

Put your skills to practice and show the children how they can use the creativity and ideation tools you learned in this section to generate hundreds of ideas for games and activities.

Here you can download instructions and templates that you can use when you want to generate ideas with the SCAMPER tools.

This lesson concludes the section about Idea Generation and recaps the Mind Mapping and SCAMPER tools we have learned, and how they are used to enhance the kids' creativity.

Drama games are a great way to develop the creative skills of children. This section shows you how to use role playing, action and movement to enhance the skill of children to view the world in more diverse ways. The games I will share with you also improve the children's ability to communicate, listen to and understand others - yet another important pillar for creative thinking.

Too often do people in general - and children specifically - get stuck in a certain opinion and are unable to see other possible options and alternatives. This simple yet powerful drama game starts off in exactly that kind of situation - but then trains the children to look closer at the opposite opinion and gradually embrace it.

The Back to Back game is a game for a group of 4-5 kids. It helps them practice the ability to...read other people's minds. Well - obviously not read their minds but at least be aware of other people's interests and motives.

We constantly categorize and label the objects and people around us. Enhancing the children's ability to play with these labels and break down these generalizations in order to rearrange the way we see the world is the skill that this dynamic game aims to strengthen.

Get to know the 8 Multiple Intelligences - a wider view of human talents and abilities, which could offer endless new ways to develop and encourage creativity and creative expression with you kids, teens and students.

Now that we got to know the Multiple Intelligences theory, it's time to learn how to enhance creativity with this framework in mind. Combine Linguistic and Musical Intelligences enhancement through the examples and ideas in this lesson.

This is an activity that let you work with your kids on Bodily and Spatial intelligences. Watch and use this example and use it a source of inspiration for more activities that can enhance their skills.

Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Intelligences are ones that most likely impact your kid's success in nearly every challenge. In this lesson you'll get a chance to explore and to master their self-smart and people-smart capabilities.

Yo should now have many tools you can use to build the creativity of you kids or students. This lesson wraps up the course and encourages you to apply what you've learned to build the creativity of your children.