Sir Ken Robinson, a renowned and respected expert on innovation and creativity said, "Creativity today is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status. Children are creative because they're not afraid to . . .

Sir Ken Robinson, a renowned and respected expert on innovation and creativity said, "Creativity today is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status. Children are creative because they're not afraid to make mistakes. They're born creative, but we educate them out of it with systems that make them afraid of making mistakes."
You and I need to gather to preserve and protect our children and their future. Without creativity we cease to invent. Just getting through every day requires a wealth of creative juices.
Had it not been for the thoughts Columbus and Edison manifested into actions through their creative visions, we would still think the world was flat, and we'd be doing it in the dark.
Creativity is not only essential in the arts but in science and technology and business. Everything that happens is a result of the ability to create. "And God created heaven and earth..."
For my part, I started a playshop for elementary school aged children called Get Booked. Check it out at Getbookedkids.com. It's a beginning but we need each other to assure the next generation is allowed the space and the educational freedom to be wrong. If they're afraid to be wrong, they will never have the confidence to create. We've lost so much time already.