Fostering Children's Creativity

ABC Children have an endless well of creative energy. It shows up in the whimsical lyrics they sing, their imaginative play, and in their innate ability to make something out of anything. Because they don't fret over what anyone else will think, they are free to live an authentic life that reflects their unique style. More »

Children's Creativity Articles

Nit Wits #22: Creative Outlets The Top Ten Benefits of Play
By Marianne St. Clair
Play is extremely important for humans from birth to death. Play is not meant to be just for children. It is a form of release and connection that can tap the creativity and can allow you the chance to connect with your inner child and the inner child of others.

Children + Creativity = Peace
By Ashfaq Ishaq
Since its founding in 1997, the International Child Art Foundation (ICAF) has focused on hosting children's celebrations on The National Mall, where creative young Americans and children from around the world could explore their creativity, spark their imagination and develop bonds that last forever.

Children Teach Creativity
By Linda Nowicki
Children have an endless well of creative energy. It shows up in the whimsical lyrics they sing, their imaginative play, and in their innate ability to make something out of anything.

On the Importance of Creativity
By Ashfaq Ishaq
Creativity is a quintessential attribute of human beings. When combined with our ability to record and benefit from accumulated knowledge, it makes us the highest-order species on the planet.

Children's Art & Creativity Websources

Creativity Portal Playground Kid's Activities
Dozens of creativity-stimulating art, craft, writing, and creative thinking projects, puzzles, and activities for children and kids at heart.

Teach Creativity
Abigail Connors' "TeachCreativity" site is a collection from her 20 years of teaching, presenting and writing, of music and literacy activities to inspire creativity in young children.

Do Art! Make Stuff
Jacque Wadsworth's Website sharing ideas on art and teaching art, mostly for children's art.

International Child Art Foundation
Promoting art and creativity in children. Sponsor of the annual International ChildArt Festival held in Washington, DC.

Child Art Galleries
Devoted to the expression of children's art in all forms. Features links to online galleries and exhibits from MOCHA, PaPaINK, and ICAF.

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New Creativity Articles

Eight Habits of The Creatively Intelligent
We’d all be more creative if we paid less attention to the surfaces, our doings and achievements, our ambitions and desires; and more attention to the depths, the hidden forces and faculties that lie within ourselves and others.

Nurture Your Creativity: List What You're Thankful For
Much has been written about gratitude throughout the centuries, and with a common theme: Gratitude is a positive attitude or emotion that benefits us greatly when it's employed.

Author Lisa Crone's Inspiring Success Story
Her secret to intermixing positivity with passion and publishing her first book 'A Bead in Time: 35 Jewelry Projects Inspired by Slices of Life.'

The Joy of Creativity: Emergence
If I allow myself to speak, write words, or paint marks without knowing what I am going to say next or what I’ll end up with, eventually something will emerge.

Not-Knowing: A Sometimes Unnerving but Utterly Reliable Guide
We want to know. We want to know things beforehand, ahead of time. We want to know where we are going, why we are going there, what we will encounter (and should thus prepare for) along the way.