Creativity: how to enhance it in your child.

Creativity can be enhanced in several different environments.  It doesn't matter where you live or where your heritage lies you can bring out the creative side of your child/ten even if you feel you don't have a creative bone in your body(which you would have but haven't tapped into it yet).      
Firstly start by role modelling 'thinking outside the box' with your children. If on holidays or on a road trip, make comments about your environment and role model 'wondering' about what you see, hear, smell, taste. Allow your children to think of possibilities to your questions and take advantage of their preferred learning styles. That is, for example if a child likes to touch things and learns by doing then allow them to go for it when appropriate, eg. A hands on museum or a flower garden, farm etc.
Listen to your child's play and discover their interests. Let them experience those interests in different ways, eg. Trains: visit a train museum, a train Lego exhibition, model train display, use technology in relation to interest eg. Take photos, google different types, offer boxes of different sizes and craft materials eg. Milk bottle lids and make trains. What about investigating together questions you have on the topic via the net and the library. You could also investigate science ideas on the topics of interest together like steam engines and electric trains. Always ask open ended questions with your child and the list of avenues can be never ending eg. Art, music and movement. The world needs more creative minds who think outside the square and only look at one answer to solve a problem and are blinded by narrow mindedness and fear of failure. So get out in the world and wonder with your child/ten. You don't have to have all the answers to their questions, you just need an open mind and a willingness to look into all options to learn alongside your child. The world is yours and your child's oyster: open it together and see what you can discover !