Creative learning : activities and games that really engage people

Creative Learning is written by master trainer Bob Lucas, and offers a treasure trove of innovative and highly effective activities to simulate learning. The activities are tailor-made for trainers, presenters, and educators, and can be put to use in virtually any type of learning environment. Each activity offers a different approach to learning, but all are designed using a brain-based-learning approach that is proven to mentally or physically engage learners and enhance their learning experience.

Author Notes

Robert W. Lucas is the president of Creative Presentation Resources, Inc.

Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Section 1 Getting Started	p. 23
1 Changing Paradigms	p. 25
2 Silent Engagement	p. 28
3 Sweet Anagrams	p. 32
Candy Types and Anagrams Solutions	p. 35
4 Fantasyland	p. 36
5 I Can Identify with That	p. 39
6 High Card	p. 42
7 What Were You Doing?	p. 44
8 Meeting Nose to Nose	p. 46
9 Scavenger Hunt	p. 49
10 Making the Rules	p. 52
11 Characteristic Card Swap	p. 55
Characteristics for Card Swap	p. 59
12 Who Am I?	p. 61
Section 2 Re-Energizing the Brain	p. 63
13 Putting Your Memory to Work	p. 65
Putting Your Memory to Work Handout	p. 68
14 Sentence Sense	p. 69
15 Brain Teasers	p. 73
Brain Teasers Handout	p. 75
Brain Teasers Answers	p. 76
16 Getting Down with the Sound	p. 77
17 Cross-Laterals	p. 80
18 What's My Issue?	p. 83
19 Let's Get Together	p. 85
20 Pass It Along	p. 87
21 Team Scavenge	p. 90
Scavenger Hunt List	p. 94
22 Macarena Coaching	p. 95
Section 3 Interim Reviews	p. 99
23 Let Me Tell You a Story	p. 101
24 Pass the Pickle	p. 103
25 Balloon Review	p. 105
26 Roll of the Dice	p. 108
27 I've Got Your Number	p. 111
28 Take a Pick	p. 114
29 Let's "Eggs" amine This	p. 116
30 My Present to You	p. 119
31 Pop-Up Review	p. 122
32 Name It	p. 124
33 Please Give Me a Hand	p. 127
Section 4 Transfer of Learning	p. 133
34 It's Very Simple	p. 135
It's Very Simple: Scientist's Role	p. 137
It's Very Simple: Tribesperson's Role	p. 138
35 I Can Describe That	p. 139
I Can Describe That: Handout A	p. 142
I Can Describe That: Handout B	p. 143
36 Putting Knowledge to Work	p. 144
37 Words to Live By	p. 147
Common Maxims and Proverbs	p. 149
38 Content Shuffle	p. 151
Sample Card Content	p. 155
39 What If...?	p. 156
40 A Puzzling Matter	p. 160
Creating a Tangram	p. 163
Tangram Template	p. 164
Tangram Puzzles	p. 165
41 Picture This	p. 167
Section 5 Ending on a High Note	p. 171
42 Verbal Volleyball	p. 173
43 Pat on the Back	p. 175
44 Retention and Reaction	p. 177
45 A Postcard to Me	p. 179
46 We Can Sell This Idea	p. 182
47 Content Jeopardy	p. 185
Content Jeopardy Rules	p. 189
Sample Content Jeopardy Board Format	p. 190
48 Match It Up	p. 191
49 Concept BINGO!	p. 197
BINGO Grid	p. 200
50 In Summary	p. 201
51 The ABCs of It All	p. 203
52 Concentration Review	p. 206
Resources	p. 211
References	p. 223
About the Author	p. 225

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