For the next few Mondays, I’ll be writing a series of posts focusing on creativity – why it’s important for our children and how we can foster it –  for the folks over at Willow Creek Pediatrics.  It’s a topic I’m very passionate about, so hop on over and check out this week’s installment.  Here’s a little taste:

With our country’s current emphasis on standardized test-based education, anyone anywhere can find loads of statistics on how states, districts, schools, even individual children are scoring on math and reading (both important, to be sure).  But can anyone know how much creativity is being nurtured and encouraged in any one school or classroom?  No one’s following the creativity quotient of every schoolchild in America.  But should they? [Read more…]