Practicing Creativity

Check out these doodles...I got this idea from a book about injecting laughter and creativity in the classroom. I present the templates to students and ask them to either explain what each image represents, or add to the images to make sense of them. It's hard to "teach" creativity, but there are many ways to practice. You might have to stray a bit from a strict adherence to content standards, but let's not abandon teaching creativity. There are plenty of brain exercises that are fun and worthwhile. Below are some samples of what the above doodles could become: