Letter From Mark: We’re Thankful for Creativity
Dear Right At School Parents and Friends When I was in the second grade I made a picture of a mushroom using string, glue and magazine photos. It was the ugliest thing ever! Still, my mom kept it up on her kitchen wall for over a decade. My high school friends were merciless about it […]
Happy Thanksgiving from Right At School
In The Classroom: Wild Wild West
This week’s In the Classroom is about one of our most popular classes, Wild Wild West. In keeping with the goals of the Right At School’s Diamond Curriculum, the Wild, Wild West course engages students in fun and educational experiences that develop their creativity and condition their bodies through active and engaging activities. In this […]
Letter from Mark: Stimulate Their Senses With Modern Art
Creativity scholars increasingly point to perception as a key to creativity. Gregory Berns of Emory University argues that to think of things differently, which is the first step toward creativity; we need to stimulate our senses with phenomena our brains have yet to encounter. This allows our minds to move beyond our typical way of thinking […]
Letter from Mark: What Do You Get When You Cross An Elephant and A Fish?
I’ll answer in a minute. Putting things together that don’t usually go together is an excellent way to stimulate creativity in children (and adults). It’s called Synectics. The word Synectics comes from the Greek and refers to joining together different and apparently irrelevant elements. Synectics are used in business and the classroom as a style […]