CRAMES are practical, user-friendly activities that get children thinking creatively. The stimulating trigger questions develop problem solving and creative thinking skills in activities that take as little as 5 minutes a day. No preparation is needed, just children ready to think creatively. This book focuses on many aspects of creative thinking: fluency; synectics; flexibility; imagination; originality; risk taking; elaboration; curiosity; lateral thinking; problem solving and evaluation. The activities range from What if? and How many ways ? questions to describing things from a different point of view and choosing which you would rather be .