I was directed by the delightfully creative Jeffery Baumgartner (he deserves his own awe inspired post…watch this space) to a recent article in Wired Magazine that Jonah Lehrer wrote entitled “Cultivating Genius in the 21st Century“. The basic premise of the article is that ideas are direct contributors to economic growth. Want better growth? Cultivate thinkers and idea [...]
Imaginative Play Vital for Child Development
March 18, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Anybody who has done any reading on play and toys will know that self directed imaginative play is the best kind of play there is. You might like to read related posts on Interest Driven Learning and Play Builds Skills. I present further evidence (as if we needed it) from Psychology Today The Need for Pretend Play in [...]
Doodling v’s Daydreaming
March 17, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
So when was the last time you doodled? Often considered something we absent mindedly do to while away time when we are bored – it is a great way of keeping your brain active and engaged in spite of the appearance of inattentiveness. I love doodling – here is a page from a conference I [...]
Make their Brains Curious!
February 9, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
So dear readers, my quest to validate creative thinking has lead me to an excellent article by Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed. on the Psychology Today blog (back in May 2010) “Want Children to “Pay Attention”? Make Their Brains Curious!” Funny that our current education system is based on rote learning and force feeding…exactly what Plato, [...]
Left Brain – Right Brain – Whole Brain
January 25, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Once upon a time it was considered that our beautiful brains operated in halves, or hemispheres. To break it down to it’s simplest form – the left is predominantly the rational, analytic, logical, detail loving side. The Right non-linear and instinctive – interpreting emotions and non-verbal cues etc. – it’s speciality is context & the big picture [...]
