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Unlocking kid's creative mojo

Unlocking kid's creative mojo

Making learning fun
Created byCecilia Younger
Last updated 7/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • Get those creative juices flowing. In this course parents and caregivers will learn how to think more strategically about how to get kids to express themselves through writing poetry.

Course content

1 section • 10 lectures • 54m total length
  • Welcome0:46

    Cecillia Younger guides you through unlocking your child's motor and creative mojo. She shares hands-on tools like a camera, squishy, plus plus, and pen and paper to spark exploration.

  • Introduction3:50

    Cecilia shares how storytelling and poetry foster literacy, critical thinking, and creative writing, empowering parents to engage their children at home with best practices in reading, writing, and expressive activities.

  • The Why?9:26

    Unlock kids' creative mojo by learning through play and poetry, developing essential soft skills such as communication, creative problem solving, adaptability, and self-expression for employability.

  • Fun Framework7:03

    Explore poetry as a sensory framework for kids, using observation, description, and the three-question framework—observed, thoughts, connect—to help children express feelings and connect to self and world.

  • Tools You'll Use3:53

    Use a dictionary, writing instruments, and visual tools such as cards, magazines, glue, postcards, and a camera to inspire your child’s poetry, observation, and descriptive storytelling.

  • Diamonds are forever8:14

    Explore de'monte poetry by pairing nouns, adjectives, and verbs into a four word middle phrase. Discover top and bottom halves with synonyms or opposites, and build vocabulary with dictionary use.

  • Hey you Haiku7:12

    Explore haiku basics with nature-inspired topics, learn the five-seven-five syllable structure, use children's dictionaries, brainstorm from observations, and write with adjectives, verbs, and playful problem solving.

  • Partnering7:18

    Foster an open partnership between you and the teacher to reinforce school learning at home, share updates, address academic and behavioral needs, and support your child's growth.

  • What's Next5:34

    Unlocking kid's creative mojo: learn practical ideas to boost self-esteem by showcasing kids' work, creating books or framed displays, and sharing their voices through low-cost publishing and readings.

  • Resources1:18

Requirements

  • The only requirement for this course it to have an open mind.

Description

In this course adults working with kids will explore ways to help kids with language arts, self-expression, and communicating. More importantly, you will learn how to connect with your kids naturally, easily and in a way that doesn’t take much time. Maximizing quality time and engaging them in learning and talking. Guided to engage kids through different techniques in poetry writing, participants will learn how to have fun while building self-esteem and checking off gift lists. Best of all, you do not need to know grammar.

Who this course is for:

  • Parents, caregivers, tutors, babysitters, anyone who works with kids.