Curiosity, creativity and resilience in kids

About this episode

This episode explores how to support children's resilience and creativity through various educational approaches.

Ever find yourself talking about how different childhood feels these days? From resilience to creativity, many of us wonder what's changed — and what we can do to support the next generation. In this episode of Creativity: Uncovered, I'm joined by Gavin McCormack , award-winning educator and co-founder of Upschool.co , to dig into these questions. Tune into this episode of Creativity: Uncovered to hear about: How we can help kids (and ourselves) navigate change The Montessori approach to sparking curiosity and resilience Surprising insights on the Default Mode Network (DMN) and creativity Why trust and connection are crucial to real learning Gavin's upcoming book on building resilience in kids How Upschool's free courses are empowering young learners Practical tips for parents and teachers to nurture curiosity and grit To get your hands on a copy of Gavin's book, The Potential In Every Child, head to: https://amzn.to/4cP6tX8 To access the free courses from UpSchool, head to: https://upschool.co/ Happy listening! xo Abi P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: https://crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/curiosity-creativity-and-resilience-in-kids/…

People in this episode

Host: Abigail Gatling

Guest: Gavin McCormack

Topics covered

• childhood resilience
• creativity in education
• Montessori approach
• curiosity in kids
• learning strategies

Keywords

• resilience
• creativity
• Montessori
• curiosity
• education
• learning
• children

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Upschool.co, Crisp Communications

Products: The Potential In Every Child

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