Creativity
Not sure where to start with teaching creativity? Discover how to ignite students’ interests and passions. Then, stand back, and watch great things emerge.
Celebrating the Creative Process, Not Just the Final Product, With Journey Boards
Teachers can help students build confidence in their work and community with their peers through journey boards.Teaching Elementary Students to Use Audio and Graphic Design Tools
Teachers can amplify students’ creativity by showing them how to demonstrate their learning with multimedia applications.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.19 Highly Engaging End-of-Year Activities
Teachers can help students end the year on a high note with activities that remind them how much they’ve learned in class.The Powerful Effects of Drawing on Learning
The science is clear: Drawing beats out reading and writing to help students remember concepts.72kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Your Student Finished Early—Now What?
These extension activities for all grades will help teachers keep fast finishers engaged in meaningful work.Encouraging Students to Use Notes for Sense-Making
Middle school teachers can use these strategies to help students learn how to get the most value out of their notes.1.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A Back-to-School Coding Activity Your Students Will Love
Help elementary students really get to know each other by empowering them to animate and share their personal stories.147Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.5 Picture Books That Encourage Creativity in Kindergarten
Paired with fun activities, these picture books help build skills like fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality.
Mo Willems on the Lost Art of Being Silly
The author of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus! chats with us about creativity, drawing as empathy, and letting kids “do 51 percent of the work.”27.9kYour content has been saved!
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The Spatially Gifted—Our Future Architects and Engineers—Are Being Overlooked
Though they have the potential to excel in many fields, we’re neglecting a large body of students with a unique set of skills.15.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.5 Ways to Make a Scripted Curriculum More Engaging
Elementary teachers can personalize a set curriculum for more creativity, teacher autonomy, and student engagement.
4 Ways to Develop Creativity in Students
Creativity is a valuable skill, and there are common strategies teachers can use to help students develop it.15.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Transforming a School Through Arts Integration
Structuring a school around the arts can help students excel academically and develop social and emotional skills.13.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.13 Formative Assessments That Inspire Creativity
Sometimes mixing in formative assessments that go a step beyond exit slips and low-stakes quizzes can inject some fun—and creativity—into learning.5.4kYour content has been saved!
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