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1. Getting started Make a connection between two things that are not usually connected. In every square draw a banana combined with one of the things on this page. In the first square there’s a banana combined with a shoe. Now it’s your turn! Go to the next square and draw a banana combined with a boat.
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4. Shape connections no. 1 Think of new ways of looking at a triangle. Make new connections. Draw your ideas by adding to the triangles on the following pages.
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7. Unexpected places no. 1 Here’s a little worm looking for an adventure! Your job is to find new and interesting places for him to visit. Draw your ideas around the worm. Try to go for fun and surprising solutions.
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8. Visual connections no. 1
LeT’s GO!
Train your mind to make visual connections. Look at the images below. Think of the grid as a visual multiplication table: Pencil x bee = pencil with wings. Sketch an idea that connects the two items in each of the empty boxes.
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20. Add imagination no. 4 Clothes! Using the two lines, think about different clothes you can create. Sketch your thoughts.
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27. Alternative uses no. 3 In how many different ways can you use these socks?
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32. Rethink no. 3 Use the popcorn to make new connections. Try to look at them in new ways. Challenge your imagination to go beyond the most obvious ideas. Seek new, fun, useful, or crazy ideas. Draw your thoughts by adding to the popcorn on the following pages.
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FuN haNds-on WorkbooK designed tO Enhance crEativItY Little Creative Thinker’s Exercise Book
This is a creative workbook full of fun exercises, challenges and exciting activities designed to strengthen children’s ability to think creatively. In this book children are challenged to think of many different answers, have lots of ideas, think out of the box, use their wonderful imagination and have fun. After the training children will find it easier to come up with fresh ideas, novel concepts, breakthrough thinking, and innovative solutions – skills they can draw upon, when faced with challenges that call for new thinking. This book gives you:
40 exercises to enhance your child’s creativity
Training in connection making
Creative cross training to boost the brain Hours of fun
CREATIVE THINKER