Part I: Plan and carry out activities from one of the four practices listed below, found in Chapter 4 of Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity: Play. The activities in the practice may be completed individually or collaboratively.
First Practice: Visualize
Second Practice: Relax
Third Practice: Find the Right Box
Fourth Practice: Be a Beginner
Part II: Get together with someone (ideally a family member or child) to teach that person about the first 4 Zig Zag steps, using simple, colorful visual or audio aids to demonstrate important aspects of the steps.
In an initial post, tell the story of your engagement with the activities in one of the four practices in Chapter 4. To introduce the story, let everyone know why you chose the practice you selected. Then, talk about the process of carrying out the activities (individually or collaboratively), including what you learned about creativity and problem-solving.
As part of your story, connect the teaching process of the first four Zig Zag steps with ideas from “The Creative School” chapter in “The Runaway Species.” Talk about ways in which the teaching process and Play chapter practice you worked with might be helpful in solving the problem you selected in Module 2.
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Part I: Plan and execute activities from one of the four practices described below, which can be found in Chapter 4 of Zig Zag: Play Is a Surprising Way to Increase Creativity. The practice activities can be completed either solo or jointly.
First and foremost, visualize
Relaxation is the second practice.
Third Practice: Locate the Correct Box
Fourth, pretend to be a beginner.
Part II: Collaborate with someone (preferably a family member or child) to teach them the first four Zig Zag steps, demonstrating crucial components of the steps with easy, colorful visual or audio aids.
Tell the tale of your involvement with one of the four practices in Chapter 4 in your first post. To begin the story, explain why you’re writing it.
