Bright Eyes Club Creative Thinking Adventures

References on Nurturing Creativity in Children

In October 2022, www.marriage.com listed "25 Fun Things Kids Love a Lot".
The top three:
1. Undivided attention
2. Their world
3. Creative pursuits

Bright Eyes Club Creative Thinking Adventures addresses each:
* Item #1 (undivided attention) - The game books provide a platform by which an adult (parent, grandparent, teacher, etc.) can spend quality time playing and talking with a child or group of children.
* Item #2 (their world) - The game encourages players to ask questions of their own. So, each player has the opportunity to influence the discussion and steer the conversation towards a subject important in their world.
* Item #3 (creative pursuits) - By playing this game, children can learn that creative thinking is a great way to have fun. It is thinking freely, without the worry of being incorrect and allowing your mind to have fun with your imagination.

Creative thinking is a form of brainstorming that is a great problem-solving tool; for each time a player applies the basic step-by-step problem-solving process it stimulates and strengthens that person's ability to be an innovative thinker.

Bright Eyes Club Creative Thinking Adventures encourages both children and adults to be innovative thinkers. The game encourages each player to have fun with his or her creativity and the creative thought process. At the same time, each player develops decision-making and problem-solving skills that can be applied throughout a lifetime.

In summary, these creative play game books are designed to stimulate imagination and encourage a thinking process that strengthens anyone's ability to be an innovative thinker and creatively solve problems.

There are numerous books on nurturing creativity in children and helping them become creative problem solvers.
A few excellent choices:

1. Growing Up Creative - Nurturing a Lifetime of Creativity

by Teresa M. Amabile, Ph.D. - 1989

If you only have time to read one - read this book. Dr. Amabile presents thirteen years of creativity research, including research on how a young person's childhood environment nurtures creativity. She writes about the importance of observing children to discover areas where their skills and interests overlap - the importance of intrinsic motivation to creativity - and how both parents and teachers directly influence a child's creativity. She also makes the point that, in playing with children, it is important to avoid over controlling.

2. Children Solve Problems

by Edward De Bono - 1972

Edward De Bono has written so many books on the subject of creativity and the problem-solving process, at many libraries you can find more books by him on the subject than any other author. This book presents a study of the creative thinking ability of children - more specifically, understanding children's abilities to solve problems, and realizing that thinking can be a learnable skill.

3. Seeing Past Z - Nurturing the Imagination in a Fast-Forward World

by Beth Kephart - 2004

This book is about the positive effects of nurturing a child's imagination.

4. The Growth of Logical Thinking - From Childhood to Adolescence

by Barbel Inhelder and Jean Piaget – 1958

This guide to understanding adolescent reasoning was written by two pioneers in cognitive capacities. The book documents their studies of the development of intelligence in children.

"Game Book One" of Bright Eyes Club Creative Thinking Adventures coloring game books is now available on Amazon in four languages: English, French, Italian, and Spanish.