Adequate preparation for the future requires that children are able to use more than a one-solution thought process; more than the right-answer, convergent thinking should be required by all in every classroom. The problems your students will face in the future will require differentiated thinking. An emphasis on creative thinking skills in the classroom necessitates providing students with open-ended assignments and encouragement as they search for new answers. Get ready for an explosion of creative thought when you use the ideas in this book. Your class will be overflowing with unique ideas as students brainstorm, make creative comparisons, find unusual uses, and problem solve. After an introduction to the four areas of creative thought (fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration) and tasks to stimulate these particular skills, this power-packed text gives students a variety of situations on reproducible worksheets that integrate these skills. Use this as your entire creativity course or as periodic thought provokers. Get the creative juices flowing. Have an imagination celebration! Grades 4-7