http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/2011/07/07/plant-some-creativity-why-boredom-matters/ cma Mon, 06 May 2013 19:35:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/2011/07/07/plant-some-creativity-why-boredom-matters/#comment-170 Yolanda R. Brown Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:34:03 +0000 http://www.columbusmuseum.org/blog/?p=631#comment-170 Good Thinking TeacherMom! The challenegs you presented your children were marvelous and no daunting. My son is a 3D thinker and we had many days that call us to shift in our thinking and support our son move through the patische of boredom. I gleaned this fact from watching him grow and learn (he is now 30). Many creative problems were solved in a 3D manner. He could have drawn a map, instead he made a topographic map with elements that were tactile and moveable. For an assignment on soil erosion, he built a earthen environment and then read his report and showed with pails of water what would happen to his built environment as a result water contacting and creating the soil erosion. My son did not enjoy school and had we not challenged him to think of the assignments and learning opportunities in more expansive ways he may have had a lot of sad school days. Kudos to you and the kids!

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