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How can you nurture creativity? Written for parents and teachers, RAISING CREATIVE KIDS is a guide to fostering creativity and sustaining the creative spirit in children both at home and at school. Creativity is both a capacity we are born with and a skill that we can further develop. In addition to describing various theories of creativity, the authors describe personality traits, programs, processes, and products that foster creativity. Filled with examples and practical suggestions, this exciting book describes parenting for creativity, teaching organizational skills, and ways to preserve and enhance one's own creativity.

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Daniels and Peters take the complicated and often contradictory world of creativity research and make it accessible, interesting, and fun. Any parent, teacher, counselor, or youth mentor will want a copy of this book to help them inspire and nurture the young creators in their lives. Highly recommended! -- James C. Kaufman, Ph.D. Director, Learning Research Institute, University of California San Bernardino, and author of Creativity 101 and Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom Get this book. Read it. If you care about creativity and want to know how to support it, then a great place to start is with Raising Creative Kids. Daniels and Peters provide practical insights and concrete suggestions for how to raise creative kids and how you might approach your teaching, parenting, and daily life more creatively. -- Ronald A. Beghetto, Ph.D. College of Education, University of Oregon, and author of Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom A parent--friendly guide to help all children be more creative. The authors base their suggestions on the latest research in the psychology of creativity and provide resources ranging from the time--tested Future Problem Solving programs to the new Maker Faires for young inventors. -- Barbara A. Kerr, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, and author of Smart Girls and Smart Boys This engaging book reflects the state-of-the-art in applied creativity. The emphasis on helping children develop their creativity and, at the same time, their organizational and planning skills is a great contribution to both the parenting and creativity literature. Their 21st--century skills approach is especially timely, given how new and emerging global challenges are changing the nature of parenting. -- Jonathan Plucker, Ph.D. Endowed Professor of Education, University of Connecticut

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Susan Daniels, Ph.D. is a professor, an author, a consultant, and an educational director of Summit Center, a psychoeducational centre that specializes in the needs of gifted, creative, and twice-exceptional children. Dr. Dan Peters is a psychologist, author, co-founder and Executive Director of the Summit Center. Dr. Peters has devoted his career to the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and families, specializing in overcoming worry and fear, learning differences such as dyslexia, and issues related to giftedness and twice-exceptionality.

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