Design a Carnival! Creative Activities for High Ability Learners
In this 8-week course, high-ability learners will delight in designing their very own carnival through a variety of fun, challenging exercises that develop creativity skills!
Heather Hinze, Ed. S.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(327)
What's included
8 live meetings
6 hrs 40 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
Creativity is intelligence having fun. ~Albert Einstein The carnival’s in town! Through tons of hands-on and verbal exercises, this class teaches the four traits of creative thinking: flexibility, fluency, originality, and elaboration. This highly interactive class will push learners to think creatively and design clever responses and solutions to open-ended tasks. Students will interact with one another through discussions, games, drawing, construction, and presentations of their creations. “Creativity Carnival” is similar in content and structure to my “Thinking Outside of the Box” class, but the activities are entirely different- it will be a great second class! Day 1: spontaneous verbal (fluency), carousel creatures (flexibility), design a ticket (originality) Day 2: What could it be? (flexibility), high wire tricks (originality), scribblers (elaboration) Day 3: temporary tattoos (fluency), mask design (elaboration), structure building (originality) Day 4: spontaneous verbal (fluency), carnival games (flexibility), tasty treats (originality) Day 5: scribble drawing (elaboration), What could it be? (flexibility), structure building (originality), Day 6: Box designs (fluency), new use (flexibility), design a ride (originality) Day 7: spontaneous verbal (fluency), What could it be? (flexibility), fortune teller (originality) Day 8: face paint designs (fluency), prize maker (flexibility) costume design (originality) I believe in flexibility, and allowing student interest and questioning to guide the course. Therefore, this is an estimation of how time will be spent: 5 minutes: greet and share- everyone deserves a turn to be heard! 15 minutes: activity 1 and share 15 minutes: activity 2 and share 15 minutes: activity 3 and share It is very important to me that students have an opportunity to feel a sense of belonging and community. My primary goal in offering this course is to allow your student to learn something while getting to interact with peers. While the course will encourage creative and divergent thinking, I am most interested in encouraging socialization and fun among high-ability learners. I will always stay an extra 5 minutes to help a struggling student when it is needed! I am also very comfortable working with twice-exceptional children, but please let me know in advance how I can best assist to minimize frustration and maximize learning!
Other Details
Supply List
1 pack notecards 1 roll masking tape handouts
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined May, 2020
4.9
327reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Update: I will be taking a short teaching break for a few months, but I'll be back in June!
I am passionate about providing challenging and motivating curriculum to gifted, talented, and high- ability learners. I love to teach thematically, and some of my favorite topics include spies, ancient Egypt, Rube Goldberg machines, architecture, archaeology, poetry, psychology, philosophy, and about a million other topics. Essentially, I enjoy teaching anything that makes my kiddos really 'light up'.
My educational degrees include: Bachelor of Science- Elementary education; Master of Arts- Gifted Education; Educational Specialist- Educational Technology. I hold three teaching certificates: Early Childhood, birth-3rd grade; Elementary 1-6; Gifted K-12. I've taught 15 years in private, public, and charter schools. I found my "forever home" in my current district, where I have been teaching gifted youth in grades 1-8 for the past 8 years.
"I feel safe here." If nothing else, I want my students to experience a sense of community and belonging, and to feel comfortable to be their true selves while in my class. That is the lens through which I design every lecture, game, video, quest, worksheet, web link, or activity. My students pride themselves on "embracing" their "inner nerd", and we delight in learning together without fear of judgment or reproach. It is safe to make mistakes in my class, it's okay to laugh at ourselves, and it's wonderful to take risks, even when they lead to failure- because that's how we grow.
When I'm not teaching I like to swim, hike, travel, ballroom dance, and socialize with friends and neighbors on my back patio. I spend much of my free time with my husband and son.
I am truly looking forward to working with your student and sharing my love of learning. I am confident that your kiddo will have a very positive experience in my class!Reviews
Live Group Class
$96
for 8 classes1x per week, 8 weeks
50 min
Completed by 6 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-9
6-12 learners per class
