CCL BLOG

• Collaboration with Hyundai Capital America
• Closed on Tuesday, Sept. 12, and Saturday, Sept. 16 due to Special Events.
• 8 Ways to Volunteer This Summer in Orange County (featuring the Child Creativity Lab)
• An Amazing 2nd Annual "Creativity Uncorked!"
• **CLOSED ON MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY, MAY 29**
• CCL + IKEA Collaboration!
• MLK Jr. “Create Unity and Hope” Day of Service 2017!
• Association of Fundraising Professionals of Orange County receives Charles R. Stephens Excellence in Diversity Chapter Award!
• 21 Materials Scholarships Awarded So Far!
• Summer Programs with the Orange County Rescue Mission
• Thank you for your reviews!
• The Child Creativity Lab partners with future nurses from West Coast University
• The Child Creativity Lab hosts OCAEYC strategic planning meeting
• Session 2 Announced for our S.T.E.A.M. + CREATIVITY Summer Camp!
• Child Creativity Lab S.T.E.A.M. + Creativity Summer Camp! July 18 - July 22
• The Depot for Creative Reuse Center will be CLOSED this upcoming extended weekend - March 24 - 28
• Edwards Lifesciences STEM Scholarship Program
• Now Accepting Applications for our Reusable Materials Scholarships for After-School Professionals!
• The Force Awakens...at the Child Creativity Lab Depot for Creative Reuse on MLK Day - Monday, January 18!
• CCL Artist Instructor Claudio Garzon
• As 2015 comes to a close and you think about your annual charitable giving, please consider the Child Creativity Lab!
• Join us for Chanukah Menorah Making at the Depot!
• **Thanksgiving Holiday Hours!**
• Celebrate Your Child's Birthday at the Child Creativity Lab!
• The Depot for Creative Reuse will be closed on Saturday, Oct. 3!
• Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous
• OC GIVING DAY Edition: The CCL Story
• Is Creativity A Hobby Or A Profession?
• Hanging out with Hani
• Guest Post by Pearl Audon: Child Creativity Lab Comes to City of Orange Public Library!
• Kristina Colby is our newest "First 40" Member!
• 2014...A Year in Review for the CCL!
• Please welcome our newest CCL intern, Sierra Cooper!
• How fear destroys creativity and what to do about it.
• (#laterpost!) Video slideshow from our August programs with the Orange County Department of Education
• Our newest "First 40" Member is Brandman University!
• "First 40" Member Profile - Khai LeQuang!
• Students Turn Trash Into Creative Treasure
• LA STEAM Carnival + CCL!
• "First 40" Member Profile - Jason Starkman!
• CCL Team Members to be Appointed to Orange County Child Care & Development Planning Council
• Lead Artist Educator, Claudio Garzon, exhibiting at the Cultural Alliance of Long Beach this month!
• The CCL Welcomes Our Newest Artist Educator, Katrina Carras!
• Are our children too busy to be creative?
• Meet our Lead Artist Educator, Claudio Garzon, for the CCL Museum-on-Wheels Program!
• Pics from our Museum-on-Wheels Programs at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana!
• Southwest Airlines' upcycling initiative provides shoes and soccer balls for Kenyan orphans
• Kids’ drawings become unique 'stuffie' toys
• The CCL Museum-on-Wheels + Muzeo Transcending Trash Art Exhibit
• Coca-Cola inspires DIY upcycling among Asian consumers with the “2nd Lives” caps kit
• "While our generation was willing to live with problems unsolved indefinitely, our children don't want to do that anymore"
• In a creative slump? Take a walk.
• Should parents let their kids take more risks?
• The Top 10 Toys That Kindle Creativity
• The Child Creativity Lab Creative Reuse Photo Challenge is now open!
• Helping kids build their hearts and minds through creativity
• CCL Takes Part in the OC Head Start Family Festival
• The Child Creativity Lab Welcomes David Erickson to its CCL Advisory Board Council
• "Re-Launch Into Creativity" Re-visited
• Can Any School Foster Pure Creativity?
• Introducing the remarkable DJ Focus from Sierra Leone
• Here is a glimpse of the new CCL table cover
• Thanks to everyone for their support in making our first educational outreach program a good one!
• Help establish a National Reuse Day..Sign the petition now!
• Creative Reuse Showcase
• Are LEGOs depriving our children of creativity?
• Ashley Merryman to Keynote Re-Launch Into Creativity Event
• The CCL and The Boys & Girls Club Collaborate for 1st CCL Educational Outreach Program
• Introducing our newest intern!
• Our Newest Community Partner - The Junior League of Orange County
• This Weird-Looking Playground Could Make Your Kids More Creative
• Help create the world’s largest poem on unity
• "The Re-Launch Into Creativity" - Save the Date!
• Air-powered Lego car hits the street
• THE ART OF ‘UPCYCLING’
• The Beauty of Children's Museums
• 17 year old whiz approaches math like art
• Turning Traditional Learning on Its Head Through Play
• Imaginary play life in childhood stirs adult creativity
• UGA to launch creativity and innovation certificate program in spring
• Lego ad: "Bridge the Un-Bridgeable"
• Letter to President Obama on Standardized Testing from Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Youth
• Child education expert Professor Carla Rinaldi warns apps can kill creativity
• Robots or Aliens as Parents? Colleges Gauge Applicants’ Creativity
• David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence
• Creative Reuse Movement Boosts Urban Economies By Turning Trash Into Treasure
• Great Ideas From Everyday Acts Of Creativity
• At Work: Creative thinking gets cramped
• A very business-centric perspective on creativity
• Imagine
• Creativity is really just persistence, and science can prove it
• Brooklyn entrepreneur creates ‘incubator’ of creativity in old Crown Heights Studebaker building
• Creative Confidence
• Unlocking the Truth
• What Old Family Photo Albums Teach Us About Creativity
• Orange County & LA Arts, Education & Science Leaders Create Arts and STEM Collaborative
• Three-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core State Standards
• The Common Core and the Common Good
• The Creativity Workshop Founders Release New Book
• Has Technology Affected Interaction and Creativity?
• I forgot my phone.
• College Students Spark Creativity in Kids
• What are the barriers to creativity in education?
• Can a Messy Desk Make You More Creative?
• Why is Creativity Important in Education?
• Anthony Seldon talks about the realities of our education system
• Put Snoopy on Your License Plate!
• Integrate the Arts, Deepen the Learning
• Photo App Moonfrye Launches to Inspire Kids
• In praise of laziness
• Guinness to invest $4 million in discovering new creativity across Ireland
• The Secret of Creativity
• The Poem Store. Your Subject. Your Price!
• What is Creativity?
• The Virtue of Boredom
• Responsibility to Awe
• "Arts education has been severely compromised to the detriment of creative thinking and the strength of our current and future workforce."
• Carlos Santana On Creativity In Business And Art