Creative Thinking Prompt: What’s That Smell?
Brainstorm different types of smells. From your list, choose 20.
With an adult, walk around your neighborhood or town sniffing.
Give yourself a point for each smell you find on your list.
Think Deeper: Create a symphony of smells. Pretend you are a songwriter. How would you use smells to create a song?
“Willy’s Stories”
Willy’s Stories is written and illustrated by British Children’s Laureate (2009-2011) Anthony Browne. Each day Willy walks through these doors and something incredible happens.
Each of the ten stories begin in such a way as to disguise a well-known classic story, inserting the reader into a new story and then having the reader continue the story.
At the end of the book, the ten classic tales are revealed.
This book promotes imagination and originality.
TITLE: Willy’s Stories
AUTHOR: Anthony Browne, British Children’s Laureate 2009-2011
ILLUSTRATOR: Anthony Browne
PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press, 2014
AGE GROUP: 6-8
CREATIVE COMPONENTS: imagination, originality
LEARNING EXTENSIONS:
1) Pick a classic tale. Rewrite the beginning of this story. See if your friends can guess what classic tale it is.
2) Create your own fairy tale. Combine characters from two different classic stories and put them together in a story.
EXTENDING CONNECTIONS:
To learn more about author/illustrator Anthony Browne, visit:
Creative Thinking Prompt: Create Your Own Snow Words
Many countries have different words for different types of snow. To date the Sami culture of Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia, are known to have 180 words to describe snow while the Scottish have over 413 words for snow.
http://www.k-international.com/blog/which-language-has-the-most-words-for-snow/
Skelf – snowflake (Scotland)
Snjór/Snær: Snow (Icelandic)
Ciegar: Snowfield which has been trampled and dug up by reindeer (Sami)
Lappvante- thick falling snow (Swedish)
Aputi: snow on the ground (Inuit/Yupik)
Creative Thinking Prompt: Create Your Own Snow Words
For extra fun, experiment by making snow playdough using two ingredients.
SNOW DOUGH RECIPE 1
Equal amounts of each:
Cornstarch
Unscented Lotion
Optional:
Glitter and/or a drop of Peppermint Extract or Oil
SNOW PLAY DOUGH RECIPE 2 using baking soda and hair conditioner:
“Where’s the Baboon? A 2-in-1 Book Game”
If you love word games and riddles, you’ll love Michael Escoffier’s and Kris Di Giacomo’s Where’s the Baboon?
“Who made this painting?”
“Who is having a birthday?”
Illustrations provide context clues and the colored letters help to answer the questions.
This book promotes imagination and discovery.
TITLE: Where’s the Baboon? A 2-in-1 Book Game
AUTHOR: Michael Escoffier
ILLUSTRATOR: Kris Di Giacomo
PUBLISHER: Enchanted Lion Books, 2015
AGE GROUP: 5-8
CREATIVE COMPONENTS: imagination, discovery
LEARNING EXTENSIONS:
1) Create your own hidden word game and play with a friend.
2) Take one of the words from the story and invent a new animal based on the remaining letters. For example: if the word is headmaster, the hidden animal word is hamster, the remaining letters are e, d, a. Use these three letters to invent a new animal. Pick three traits from your favorite animal to help create your new animal.
EXTENDING CONNECTIONS:
To learn more about author Michael Escoffier, visit:
http://www.smartbooksforsmartkids.com/tag/michael-escoffier/
To learn more about illustrator Kris Di Giacomo, visit:
A chair is a commonly used object. Here are some truly unique ones.
rhino, walrus, octopus
books and CDs
Creative Thinking Prompt: Design a chair that represents you. Use your imagination to create a chair that doesn’t resemble a traditional chair. Make it as original as you. What are some different types of chairs (rocking chair, throne, etc.)? What materials would you use and why? What is the purpose of your chair? What colors will you use? How will you decorate/embellish your chair? How will you use your chair? How many legs will your chair have? Will your chair have a back? What will the back look like? How will the seat of your chair be designed? Sketch your chair design.
To view some more interesting chairs, visit:
http://www.digsdigs.com/50-awesome-creative-chair-designs/
https://www.designswan.com/archives/10-ultra-cool-chairs-design.html
“Mix It Up!”
Mix It Up! is interactive storytelling at its best. Shake the book! Tilt the book!
What happens to the colors of paint?
Tap the paint! Smear the paint! What happens?
Make colors lighter, add white. Make colors darker, add black. Hervé Tullet encourages readers to explore, take risks and express their creativity.
This book promotes creativity, imagination, and discovery.
TITLE: Mix It Up!
AUTHOR: Hervé Tullet
ILLUSTRATOR: Hervé Tullet
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books, 2014, 1st published in U.S.A.
AGE GROUP: 4-6
CREATIVE COMPONENTS: creativity, imagination, discovery
LEARNING EXTENSIONS:
1) Take one paint color and mix with another color. Take two paint colors and mix with another color. Take three paint colors and mix with another color. Then fingerpaint with the colors you’ve made.
2) Use unusual materials to make paint such as jello, food coloring, etc.
3) Add sprinkles of salt to paint. Paint with it. What happens to the salted paint when it dries?
EXTENDING CONNECTIONS:
To learn more about author/illustrator Hervé Tullet, visit:
Whether you go to the beach or play in the sand at your local park, get ready to be inspired by these sand castles.
http://www.mostbeautifulthings.net/best-sand-castles/
Image: thecreatorsproject.vice.com
Image: www.babble.com
http://list25.com/25-of-the-most-amazing-sand-castles-ever-built/5/
Creative Thinking Prompt: Design a sand castle that serves a purpose. Who would live in your sand castle? How is your castle protected? What rooms does your castle need? Where would your castle be built? Why is your castle being built? How will your castle stay intact? Give your castle a name. Sketch your castle. Then build it!
“A Child of Books”
A Child of Books, a lyrical story written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston inspires readers to create, wonder, imagine and explore.
Opening line: “I am a child of books. I come from a world of stories.”
“We can lose ourselves in forests of fairy tales.”
“We will travel over mountains of make-believe.”
The illustrations use text from classic tales to create images of tree branches, mountains and the ocean.
This book promotes imagination and wonder.
TITLE: A Child of Books
AUTHOR: Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston
ILLUSTRATOR: Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston
PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press, 2016
AGE GROUP: 6-9
CREATIVE COMPONENTS: imagination, wonder
LEARNING EXTENSIONS:
1) With permission, cut out words from a magazine or discarded book, use this clipped text to form shapes and images.
2) What is your favorite story? Make a list of your favorite books and share it with your friends.
EXTENDING CONNECTIONS:
To learn more about Oliver Jeffers, visit:
To learn more about Sam Winston, visit:
Photo credit: Sunhi Mang
Artist Chiharu Shiota uses yarn and repurposed materials to create powerful, provoking art.
The Key in the Hand 2015 at the 56th Venice Biennale
https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/a-cloud-of-keys-and-memories-hangs-over-venice
Chiharu Shiota suspends over 50,000 keys collected from world-wide donors with weaved yarn over a wooden boat. The keys represent feelings and memories while the red yarn represents lines of memory and how they relate to one another.
Creative Thinking Prompt: In what ways might you use a key besides opening a door? Brainstorm a list of possibilities of what you can do with a key. What else can a key represent? How might you incorporate keys into an art project?
EXTENDED CONNECTIONS:
To learn more about Chiharu Shiota and her work, visit:
http://www.chiharu-shiota.com/en/
Infinity Lines 2017 at Savannah College of Art and Design
https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/chiharu-shiota-spiderweb-red-thread-memories
“Meow Monday”
Meow Monday from the Bonnie Bumble series written by Phyllis Root begins with this opening line: One Monday, Bonnie Bumble’s pussy willows all burst into bloom.
The kittens raise such a ruckus the cows won’t give milk and the hens won’t lay eggs. Bonnie pets, brushes and plays with the kittens but nothing works.
Then Bonnie remembers the milkweed. After feeding, they curl up for a catnap. The farm returns to normal. Everything is calm until…
the dogwood blooms.
This book promotes fluency, flexible thinking and imagination.
TITLE: Meow Monday
AUTHOR: Phyllis Root
ILLUSTRATOR: Helen Craig
PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press, 2000
AGE GROUP: 4-6
CREATIVE COMPONENTS: fluency, flexible thinking, imagination
LEARNING EXTENSIONS:
1) From a plant resource book, find plant names that you can use to create a new plant like the author did with her dogwood plant. Sketch your new plant. Name your new plant.
2) What would happen if lions barked and hippos chirped? Imagine what the world would be like if animals changed how they “talked.”
EXTENDING CONNECTIONS:
To learn more about author Phyllis Root, visit:
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2006/03/author-feature-phyllis-root.html
To learn more about illustrator Helen Craig, visit:
http://sevenstoriescollection.blogspot.com/2014/03/helen-craigs-studio.html
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