카니발을 디자인하세요! 높은 능력의 학습자를 위한 창의적 활동

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!