Creativity? Is My Child Creative?

Creativity? Is My Child Creative?

Creativity does not equal talent. It is not an artwork or a product of any kind. It is a personality trait and a way of thinking.

 

Here is a list of attributes of a creative child...or adult. What do you think?

 

 a spirit of wonder and magic

 

 openness to inner feelings and emotions

 

 curious, exploratory,

adventuresome spirit

 

 imagination and power to form mental images of what is not actually present

 

 intuitive thinking, solving problems without logic

 

 independent thinking, find own answers, question authority

 personal involvement in work, absorption in meaningful activities

 

 creates new rather than accepting how things are or have always been

 

 divergent thinking, thought patterns that seek variety and originality, several possibilities rather than only one

 

 tendency to play with ideas, to mentally toy with possibilities and implications of an idea