Setting Minds Free: Nurturing and Protecting Your Childs Creativity

by Dr. Richard and Patti Shade

Overview

"Do what you can to help your children's imaginations to grow and flourish – encourage activities which feed their imaginations" ~ Sir Ken Robinson

What role can you, as a parent, play in nurturing and supporting your child's creativity? The authors provide innovative, practical, evidence and researched-based suggestions from both their classroom and parenting experiences. Reading this, award winning, book will give you the confidence and knowledge to start making a difference in how your children experience life and learning.

"Eureka! Patti and Rick Shade have cracked the code on translating theoretical concepts of creativity into practical, easy to implement, how-to guide for busy parents, grandparents, and teachers.

Each chapter is short, sweet, and down to earth - making it easy to select one of more than 50 topics, get a quick overview, and immediately use with children.

This is a must read for anyone who recognizes the importance of nurturing creativity in today's youth in order for them to succeed in tomorrow's world.

Setting Minds Free invites and inspires us to make creativity a daily part of all our lives." ~Kathleen Nilles, National Association for Gifted Children

This book will help you teach your child the creativity skills and mindsets needed to catalyze their ingenuity, inventiveness, and imaginations. For a lifetime.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161357446
Publisher:	RASPO Publishing
Publication date:	06/20/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Dr. Richard Shade

As a professor of education, Dr. Rick Shade received outstanding educator honors from two universities for his innovative teaching practices. Oxford University recruited him to assist in leading a national teacher training program in creativity and gifted education. As a Senior Lecturer at the Oxford Gifted Research Centre for Able Pupils, Rick consulted with and trained educators throughout England and Europe. He has co-authored dozens of scholarly publications and given hundreds of presentations and workshops nationally and internationally. He is the author of seven books including License to Laugh: Humor in the Classroom, Curiosita Teaching: Integrating Creativity into All Teaching and Learning, Curiosita Teaching: Handbook of Instructional Strategies, and Setting Minds Free: Nurturing and Protecting Your Child’s Creativity, which received the Legacy Book Award from the Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented. He holds an MA and EdD in Special Education and Teaching.

Patti Garrett Shade

Patti Garrett Shade’s career in education has taken her from classroom science teacher to Gifted and Talented State Program Director of the Indiana Department of Education to teacher with the Department of Defense Dependents Schools. Her development of one of the first elementary science lab enrichment programs in the U.S. received accolades and national press coverage. As Indiana’s Gifted and Talented State Program Director, she wrote legislation to ensure that creativity was included as an area of gifted identification. Patti also served on the World Creativity Center Development Team with Dr. Edward de Bono. She co-authored multiple articles and four books including Curiosita Teaching: Integrating Creativity into All Teaching and Learning, Curiosita Teaching: Handbook of Instructional Strategies, and Setting Minds Free: Nurturing and Protecting Your Child’s Creativity, which received the Legacy Book Award from the Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented. She holds an MA in Biology and Physical Education and endorsements in Gifted and Talented and Aerospace.