Becoming a Creative Thinker

Point out how the creative mindset is playful, just like a child swept up in imagination. Openness, curiosity, wonder, optimism, excitement, and fun open the space for creative thinking. It focuses on possibilities rather than realities, what might be rather than what is.

Ask students to share creative accomplishments or projects they are proud of. How did curiosity drive their accomplishments? How did wonder and fun play their parts? Note that creativity starts small and gets bigger and bigger, rather than starting big and getting smaller and smaller. Creative thinking is always discovering something new and becoming something better.