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Raising Curious Kids

By: Nicholas Provenzano, The Great Courses
Narrated by: Nicholas Provenzano
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Publisher's summary

Child-rearing is a rewarding, beautiful, and amazing experience. But as a parent, there are dozens of frustrating and exasperating moments of self-doubt.

Nicholas Provenzano gets it. He’s spent over 15 years in the classroom to shape problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. Oh, and he’s a dad, too.

Follow Mr. Provenzano as he explores the science behind creativity and the different things that parents can do to support their children as they grow up. He starts by digging deep into the research of Abraham Maslow, laying the foundations for creativity by identifying the basic needs of every child.

Once he’s established the baseline, Mr. Provenzano provides listeners with a robust set of tools to develop a child’s creative and inquisitive nature: from the importance of play—gameplay, unstructured play, sports, and even LEGO building sets—to suggestions for toys and activities that help children grow to be creators instead of just consumers.

Further, Mr. Provenzano reveals ways to organize inside your home to support creativity, as well as provides listeners with reasons to get children playing outside of the home. Learn the benefits of allowing children to take a certain type of risk in order to become more resilient, and increase self-esteem and confidence. And listeners will discover "Design Thinking" as a way to explore problem solving and critical thinking during project-based learning.

Beyond improving parenting skills and giving fewer moments of doubt, this course may even introduce listeners to strategies to help harness their own creativity and critical-thinking skills. This course is a “must-listen” for parents of children of all ages.

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Our favorite moments from Raising Curious Kids

Lecture 2: Foundations of Creativity –Your Child’s Physiological Needs
  • Lecture 2: Foundations of Creativity –Your Child’s Physiological Needs
"Restricting risky play can hurt a child’s long term self-esteem."
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Lecture 3: Foundations of Creativity – Self-Esteem and Self-Actualization
  • Lecture 3: Foundations of Creativity – Self-Esteem and Self-Actualization
"Being dismissive of this reality only pushes children away from sharing things that matter to them."
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 Lecture 7: Developing a Maker Mentality in Your Child
  • Lecture 7: Developing a Maker Mentality in Your Child
Supporting children so they become creative, well-rounded adults.
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  • Lecture 2: Foundations of Creativity –Your Child’s Physiological Needs
  • "Restricting risky play can hurt a child’s long term self-esteem."
  • Lecture 3: Foundations of Creativity – Self-Esteem and Self-Actualization
  • "Being dismissive of this reality only pushes children away from sharing things that matter to them."
  • Lecture 7: Developing a Maker Mentality in Your Child
  • Supporting children so they become creative, well-rounded adults.

About the Professor

Nicholas Provenzano is the Technology Coordinator and Makerspace Director at University Liggett School in Michigan. He is also an author, makerspace builder, international keynote speaker, and consultant. In 2013, he was awarded the Technology Teacher of the Year by the Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning and the International Society of Technology in Education. A Google Certified Innovator, ASCD Emerging Leader, Adobe Education Leader, and a TEDEd Innovative Educator, Mr. Provenzano has been featured on CNN, Education Week, and other media outlets. His best-selling books, Your Starter Guide to Makerspaces and The Maker Mentality can be found on Amazon. He also hosts The Maker Mentality Podcast, which features a range of guests discussing creative tools and techniques for parents and educators.

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Great but goes on too long

Too long. Take off last 3 chapters. Otherwise great audiobook. I don’t have any classes in parenting so this was really great to listen to.

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worth a listen with a credit, but dont purchase

far more than half of the the ideas or suggestions were,what I thought some of the basics bit there is some good information. worth a listen but wouldn't purchase

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answers his title

many books promised but this book fulfills..there are many take away. I'm a teacher and I'll take many lessons from this book

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great read for any parent.

loved this as a new parent. I really want to help my daughter develop to be a successful thinker.

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awesome ideas!

this book has tons of great ideas to help kiddos be creative. I will definitely implement a few of them

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Excellent!

Very informative, even kind of tells you how to implement each concept discussed. The narrator's voice is clear too!

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Great right up until...

This was great right up until it became a lecture on the design process. I've never wanted so badly to stab myself in the eye with a pencil. Just skip the last three chapters. Holy hell. That was excruciating.

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New and advanced

Raising curious kids by Nicolas Provenzano, The Great Courses Audible original is excellent and innovative advice on busting your kid's imaginativeness inventiveness. The course involves lessons and great material. Have you thought not only about old table games? Have you thought about coding or multiple ways to represent yourself. Have gleams.

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Some useful tips

The author provides a number of tips for parents who want their children to be well-rounded and prepared for the world. Some of the evidence I feel may be a little shaky, but I didn't bother to fact-check, and the author did cite a number of studies, as well as providing examples from experience. The author discusses what sort of indoor and outdoor play spaces to have for children, how to encourage them to take reasonable risks and explore their interests, and how to get them to make use of maker spaces. In some cases the tips get quite specific, naming specific products or websites to look into.

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Mild

Most of the ideas are standard and well known. The novelty, if there is one’ is in the assembly of many good points into one place.
Recommended for those who tend to need guidance. Boring for the more thinking ones

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