I reviewed Brain Savvy at home with my son. I also sent it to school for his teacher to use in the classroom. My son is in a contained classroom of six students with different skill levels and disabilities. The game itself is a teaching tool designed to be used in a regular classroom. I was asked to review this game and to give my opinion on how it would be relevant to the special needs community, especially a child with autism.

REWARDS FOR WINNING TEAMS

BrainSavvy – Magnetic Teaching Tool

BrainSavvy addresses multiple intelligences and differentiated instruction, because you are addressing all learning styles:

· BrainSavvy is visual - students see their immediate progress,
· BrainSavvy is tactile - students physically move their team brain for a correct answer
· BrainSavvy is auditory – students communicate with questions and answers
· BrainSavvy is kinesthetic – students feel self-esteem, support and success.

Creativity Motivator #64 (March 23, 2009)

PARTNERSHIPS

As you learn more about your own thinking styles and your creativity, you will learn what encourages it and what kind of environment you need to be the most creative when working with others. A key ingredient in any partnership is utilizing each other’s strengths. It is important to know who does what best and to let them contribute those skills or abilities. We must learn the skills of interdependence in order to achieve productive, healthy, happy, self-actualizing lives.

Creativity Motivator #63
(3/16/09)
Kathy Goff. EdD

INCUBATION

Many times our everyday creativity is being developed without our even knowing it. For example, when traveling, we come up with some of our best and most creative ideas and inventions. Developing our creativity is the furthest thing from our minds, but that is exactly what we are doing. By getting away from the everyday duties and responsibilities, our minds are free to create and imagine possibilities. We are incubating.

Creativity Motivator #62

(3/9/09)

Kathy Goff. EdD

WORLD CREATIVITY WEEK & THE MOST CREATIVE MAN IN THE WORLD!!!

Just returned from presenting at and attending the 2009 International American Creativity Association Conference in Philadelphia. It was amazing! Consultants in creativity from all over the world were there to share ideas and strategies for understanding and promoting creativity. The awardee was Ray Kurzweil who is a genius inventor. Check him out at http://www.kurzweilai.net/