Defining creativity as a process that draws upon talents, education, skills, thinking and working styles, and inherent intelligence, and pinpointing motivation as the single most important ingredient in the creativity recipe, this book provides dozens of concrete, hands-on exercises and techniques that can help a parent or teacher keep creativity alive at home or at school. Chapters in the book are: (1) Vision and Passion; (2) Recognizing Children's Creativity; (3) The Ingredients of Creativity; (4) The Motivation for Creativity; (5) How To Destroy a Child's Creativity; (6) Keeping Creativity Alive at Home: Suggestions for Parents; (7) Keeping Creativity Alive in School: Suggestions for Teachers; and (8) Games, Exercises, Dialogues, and Ideas: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers. A list of suggested readings is attached. (NKA)