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One of the sessions I was most looking forward to at #alamw16 was Curiosity Creates: Research and Best Practices in Creativity Programming for Children. At my school, there is a lot of focus on designe thinking and makerspaces, and so, as always, I was looking for ideas to steal to enhance those aspects of my own library program. I really enjoyed learning more about the research that has been done on creativity and hearing about specific programs and initiatives happening at libraries who have received grants to implement programming that fosters creativity. Here are a few things that jumped out at me during the presentation: Supporting creativity and curiosity isn’t just good, but necessary; we need disruptive thinkers and innovators who are going to be able to take on the challenges that arise as society continues to evolve. When looking at the heritability of different traits, researchers found that creativity...