creativity

Crafts

Match holiday crafts to your child's creative strengths

This holiday season, nurture your child's creativity with crafts and activities that are geared toward their natural strengths and...

School Age Kids

Holiday gifts for kids to spark imagination

From construction toys to craft kits, these holiday gift ideas for kids will inspire their imagination, foster their creativity and...

School & Education

How parents can encourage creativity in the classroom

Creativity doesn’t usually just happen with kids. You have to encourage it, help it grow and teach your child how to use it. If you...

Parenting Tips & Advice

What’s your child's destiny?

Childhood is about creativity, and the more young people encounter new experiences, the better off they’ll be as adults. But on the...

Age by Age

4 Ways to foster your child’s creativity

In a society where we’re constantly entertained, it can be tricky to foster creativity in our children. Here are a few fun ideas...

Child Development & Health

Give a kid a camera

Your family is well-documented. Your camera (or camera phone) is out all the time and you have some great shots of your kids’ posed...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Father's Day gifts that don't cost a thing

Forget the tool belt and don't even think about that tie. This year, grab the kids and your creative juices and give Dad a gift that...

Toys and Play

Creative everyday play ideas for kids

Do you feel like your everyday playtime activities have become stale or boring for your child — and yourself? Make playtime more...

Color and paint

Playroom turned craft room

Kids and art go hand in hand. But art supplies are of little use when they’re spread throughout the house and we have to round them...

Children's School & Education

How the arts benefit your child academically

STEM -- science, technology, engineering and math -- has been a buzzword in education for several years. Education leaders and...

Child Development & Health

Simple ways to boost your child's creativity

What does it mean to be creative? Is it about being an artist? Sometimes -- but it’s also much more than that. Creativity is about...

Family Fun

How to encourage teens to get more creative

Encouraging creativity and imaginative thinking often becomes a challenge as kids get older. Projects that require out-of-the box...

Toys and Play

Encouraging kids to use their imaginations

A child's imagination is an amazing thing -- especially when it's properly nurtured. As children grow, the ability to think...

Activities for Kids

How to encourage your kids to be more creative

Kids are born to be creative. You can see it in the songs they make up, in the imaginary friends and stories they create, and even...

Family Activities

20 Creativity-boosting activities for families

Instead of just sitting around watching TV or playing the same old games, families can get together for some real fun with these...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Supplementing your child’s art education

School budgets all over the country are taking hits. Hard, hard hits. Even while there are increasing demands on academic...