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Divergent thinking – supporting your child to develop an essential skill

The jobs our children will do in the future might not exist yet, but with a changing world we know we’ll need innovative thinkers. We explain a bit more about what your child needs to innovate and give you some ideas for ways to play that will help support these skills.

Divergent thinking is an aspect of creativity. It involves thinking of lots of possible solutions to a problem or task.^[1]

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Creative ideas that aren’t art and craft

If someone mentions creativity most of us immediately think about art and craft, but creativity is about much more than paint and glue. And we think lots of the activities that people call creative really aren’t at all, they’re much more about following instructions and conforming. If you’re ready to help your child get their creative juices flowing, we’ve got some ideas for you – and there isn’t any crafting involved!

The Cambridge dictionary defines creativity as, “The ability to produce or use original and unusual ideas.”^[1]

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