developed at home and in our schools through the cultivation of three qualities an experimenter' mindset whole brain thinking an innate desire to be creator (and not just consumer programming teaches kids to experiment creative thinking begins with questioning mindset it can be taught by encouraging kids to experimentexplore their ideasquestion their assumptionsmake mistakes and learn from them thomas edison was master of this type of thinking he tested thousands of materials and processes before creating the first working light bulb " have successfully discovered , ways to not make light bulb,he famously said with programmingkids are exposed to this process of experimentation they start by learning handful of commands to do simple tasksand with each successful resultthey slowly gain the confidence try new and more ambitious thingsthings that force them to question each decision and ask "what if tried ?testing their assumptions in live environment frequently results in errors and bugsgiving kids the opportunity to find workable solution with practicekids gain proficiency in their technical and hypothesizing skillsallowing them to move onto solving increasingly complex problemsand eventually building programs completely on their own programming strengthens whole brain thinking each side of the brain is said to control different parts of thinking and information processing the left hemisphere is typically associated with logicaltechnicaland analytical thinkingwhereas the right hemisphere is associated with imaginationartisticintuitive thinking we tend to think of creativity as right-brain functionbut the most creative thinkers and problem solvers can effectively engage both hemispheres this idea of marrying "art with scienceis what steve jobs built apple onand it' this kind of "whole brainthinking that teachers have been embracing in the classroom by promoting activeproject based learningusing everything from