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Help all learners bring more creativity into 2025

Dec 16, 2024

Cheri Sterman, a nationally recognized leader in child development and creativity advocacy, shares her insights on nurturing creativity in children. She highlights the upcoming Crayola Creativity Week, a global initiative that inspires creative engagement among millions of kids. Cheri emphasizes the importance of parents and educators in fostering creative confidence and offers practical strategies for integrating creativity into daily life. She also discusses the significant role of visibility in creative tools, enhancing community interaction and personal well-being.

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Quick takeaways

Crayola Creativity Week aims to engage over 8 million children globally, emphasizing the collaboration between families and schools to nurture creativity.

The Campaign for Creativity encourages parents to incorporate simple, daily creative activities, effectively boosting children's creative confidence without overwhelming their routines.

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Crayola Creativity Week Overview

Crayola Creativity Week is a free program scheduled from January 27th to February 2nd, designed to inspire and celebrate children's creativity. The event will engage over 8 million children from 100 countries, providing educators with valuable resources to facilitate creativity within their learning communities. Upon registration, teachers receive planning guides for family engagement events, highlighting the importance of collaboration between families and schools in nurturing creativity. Additionally, participants gain access to a fun tool that helps identify personal creative styles, fostering a deeper understanding of creativity in both educators and families.

Intro

2min

Unleashing Creativity Through Crayola Creativity Week

6min

Nurturing Creativity in Children

10min

Encouraging Creativity and Community through Visibility

3min

Nurturing Creativity in Children

6min

Nurturing Creativity in Education

14min

Creativity is essential. On the show this week we loved learning with Crayola's Cheri Sterman. Cheri is here to tell us all about the power of the upcoming Crayola Creativity Week.

Educators and families can register free for this event:

https://creativity-week.squarespace.com/

The conversation centers around Crayola Creativity Week, a free program designed to inspire and celebrate children's creativity. Cheri Sterman discusses the importance of nurturing creativity in children, the role of parents and educators in fostering creative confidence, and practical ways to integrate creativity into daily life. The event features a lineup of celebrity guests and aims to engage millions of children worldwide. The discussion emphasizes creativity as a vital life skill that benefits individual well-being and community building.

Ready to learn more about our amazing guest?

Cheri Sterman is a nationally recognized leader in child development and education, and a passionate advocate of creativity and the influence it has on a child’s future potential. Cheri most recently helped Crayola launch its advocacy initiative, Campaign for Creativity, which challenges conventional perceptions about creativity, sparking a new dialogue about the value of creativity and helping parents incorporate more creative moments into their children’s lives.

Cheri has served as vice-chair of the Partnership for 21st Century Learning and on the executive boards of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the National Child Development Council. Cheri helps educators and community leaders expand their creative thinking. She hosts Crayola monthly online programs including: The Art of Learning, and Read Along-Draw Along where she interviews authors, illustrators, art therapists, and educators.

Cheri has served as a consultant to the National Governors Association, White House Commission on Children and Youth, Children’s Defense Fund, and the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities’ Turn-Around Schools Initiative.

You can connect with her on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-sterman-6862351ba/

Learn more about this week's show sponsor:

https://www.neulight.io/?utm_source=shiftingschool&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=fallsponsorship&utm_id=1

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