Millennials & Kids

The right mix of creativity along with curriculum helps students to be innovative and encourages them to learn new things. In fact, creative expression plays a key role in a student's emotional development.  Let us have a look at how important the role of creativity in today’s classroom and its benefits is.

Freedom of expression - Unlike the conventional teaching methods, the creative thinking classrooms give them the opportunity to freely express themselves. This freedom of expression gives them a sense of joy and happiness. There’s a deep sense of satisfaction that comes from making something on your own. A creative approach to learning makes them more open with the situations that come their way and gives them a feeling of accomplishment and pride.

Emotional development - Creative expression is important for a kids & adolescents to trigger up their emotional development. Importantly, this must happen at lower classes itself so that they grow up by responding well to the happenings around them. Creativity gives them that freedom to explore the surroundings and learn new things from them. Students would always love a classroom setting that helps them to explore freely without setting them any boundaries. When they can demonstrate their emotions in a creative manner & can boost their confidence.

Reduced stress and anxiety - Creativity takes a lot of stress away from students. The sense of joy keeps them relaxed and reduces their anxiety which in turn helps them to prepare well for exams and excel in it. Integrating more hands-on learning makes a positive impact. 

Authenticity – When they create, the kids put something of theirs into the work. It reflects – their artistry, skill and ability. Even if they were to copy someone else, their piece would still be a bit different – uniquely theirs. The more they create, the more they discover likes and dislikes. They realize their desires more fully, and begin to develop own ideas, style and technique. Importantly, the work reflects who they are & the way they think.

Boosts problem solving skills - The brainstorming activities stimulate the skills of problem-solving in children. Creativity can really alter the way students approach a problem and it can be impressively optimistic once they go through creative teaching sessions. Creative problem solving is encouraged to help students to think out of the box and be more imaginative and innovative. With this way, the problems or opportunities are redefined by the students and the solutions or responses would be more innovative.

Resourcefulness – Sometimes obstacles arise while they are creating, they become more resourceful, especially with scarce resources. This helps kids think and process things in new and different ways. And as they overcome these challenges, they begin to feel empowered and able to face other challenges head on.

Improves focus and attention - The average attention or concentration span of a lower-class kid is just a few minutes. The conventional teaching methods at times turn to be boring for them and they may lose their focus in the midway. Including creative teaching strategies such as storytelling, role plays, skits & analogies are sure to improve their focus and attention and the study time would be more productive. 

Better communicators: Creative Thinking environment opens them to a different world of communication. Kids can make better conversation and stimulate innovative thinking and talking sessions in their free time. This also triggers group problem solving and shared learning that gives them a feeling of togetherness. This kind of shared creative experience helps them to open to one another and grow up as better communicators.

Innovative mindset: Open-ended questions and discussions are two popular creative thinking strategies that help kids to develop an innovative mindset. They get opportunity to think more critically about the question or subject and come up with innovative ideas. The friendly discussions also aid them to think decisively about others’ ideas and contributions while thinking critically to produce something innovative. 

Our millennials & children will grow up in a far more complex & demanding world. Their technical qualifications & professional skills may not be enough in the dynamic world that we can’t even envisage today. They will be subjected to stress, rapid lifestyle changes & many more challenges at work as well as in personal life.

They will have to be able to think at every stat. Everything they do will require a lot of thinking. Critical thinking will not be enough. We will need thinking that is constructive, open, generative, divergent and creative. 

While there could be numerous benefits listed on Creative Thinking, the most fundamental influence on individuals is around Emotional & Spiritual Intelligence. 

With improvement in Emotional Intelligence, they become self-aware, self-regulated, motivated and show a greater sense of empathy and social skills. 

Enhancement in Spiritual Intelligence helps in comprehending value systems, moral, holistic view on varied subjects, helping them being self-dependent on making decisions and being spontaneous to situations.

Creative thinking is an invaluable skill for kids & students. It’s important because it helps you look at problems and situations from a fresh perspective. Creating thinking is a way to develop novel or unorthodox solutions that do not depend wholly on past or current solutions. It’s a way of employing strategies to clear your mind so that your thoughts and ideas can transcend what appear to be the limitations of a problem. Creative thinking is a way of moving beyond barriers.

Whether it be the education sector, business sector, or any other profession, more and more as a society we appreciate the workings of a creative mind. 

As a creative thinker, you are curious, optimistic, and imaginative. You see problems as interesting opportunities, and you challenge assumptions and suspend judgment. 

The process that entails thinking involves most of our senses - vision to see/observe, listening, speech, touch, taste & smell as well. Importantly, we communicate with ourselves, with subjects, surroundings & people through these senses. Our connections, ability to communicate in verbal & non-verbal ways add to the depth & intensity of Creative Thinking. Hence, Interpersonal Communication & Ability to Work Together for an indispensable element of the Creative Thinking process.