To foster the former, Van’t Hul


encourages “strewing”, which she refers to as “the art of casually yet strategi- cally leaving invitations for learning and creativity out for kids to discover on their own.” Invitations to play could be a basket of non-toxic blocks, a recycled-paper sketchpad opened to a blank page or some nature finds from a walk in the woods.


As an example of the latter,


Every child and parent is creative. Exercising our


creativity is an act of faith. ~ Julia Cameron


ily favorite; we laugh constantly.” Mark Runco, Ph.D., a University of Georgia professor of gifted and creative education, founder of the Creativity Research Journal and advisor to the Center for Childhood Creativity, notes the importance of balancing unstruc- tured and structured activities, creating space for both individual expression and creative collaboration.


Cameron suggests that parents lead kids on a weekly creative expedition, allow- ing the kids to choose a new place to aimlessly explore such as a park, book- store, pet shop or museum. Accord- ing to the author, that sense of shared adventure, fostered in a safe space, naturally nurtures the creative process, both for now and the future. “If you make art the center, insist- ing that kids be creative, they may feel a sense of pressure,” advises Cameron. “If you make inspiration the center, it spills over into art.”


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