Prologue | Let them play outside the box
Don't 'work hard', do 'differently' / Why creativity now? / What is creativity? / The greatest gift for a child's future is 'creativity' / Let them play outside the box / How can creativity be fostered? / A creative genius created by a mother

Part 1: Sunlight, Wind, Soil, and Space: Nurturing Creativity

1 Sun
A sunny environment that fosters children who enjoy learning
Positive Attitude | Bright Children Win the Battle Against Themselves
Gift positive experiences/ Avoid comparing yourself to others/ Express gratitude for even the little things/ Build immunity to failure

A Big Attitude | Children who dream big become great people.
Parents are a child's first role model/Read stories of great people together/Drawing the invisible

Spontaneity | A child who expresses himself without worrying about what others think breaks the mold.
Change your routine/break out of a rut

Humorous Attitude | Studying Like Play, Playing Like Studying
Make your child laugh and smile/practice humor together

Passionate Attitude | A child's endless driving force is passion.
Developing passion in one area through learning

Curious Attitude | Curious Children Enjoy Learning
Seeing familiar things in a new light / The fun of discovering things one by one that one did not know / Fostering curiosity about nature / Practicing how to ask questions / Learning, expressing, and imagining through reading / Using microscopes and telescopes / Making others feel mysterious / Talking about life's problems in advance

·Outside the Box Playground 1
·One-page summary for parents

2 WindStorm
An environment that fosters professional development and fosters strong children

Goal-Driven Attitude | Children with Goals Develop Expertise
Instilling parental expectations early on / Setting and achieving your own goals / Creating an organized environment but not disrupting immersion

A thorough attitude | Raise children who achieve more than their goals.
Develop the habit of being thorough/Discipline consistently and thoroughly

Self-Efficacy Attitudes | How to Build True Confidence in Your Child
Praise the process more specifically than the outcome/Unconditional praise is detrimental/Focus on positive behavior and emotions

Independent Attitude | How to Develop Independence in Your Child
Give your child a voice and foster responsibility/let them make their own choices.

Unwavering Attitude | How to Build Resilience in Your Child
Give constructive feedback

Risk-Taking Attitude | How to Develop the Audacity to Take Small Risks
Be tolerant of failure

Perseverance | How to Raise a Child Who Never Gives Up
Gradually increase the level of the task / Practice increasing concentration in everyday life / Encourage imagination at a distance

Embracing Uncertainty | How to Raise Innovators Who Will Change the World
Solve a problem that has no answer/Tell us about the unpredictable/Tell us about someone who turned uncertainty into certainty

·Outside the Box Playground 2
·One-page summary for parents

3 Soil
Soil and climate that allows for diverse experiences

Multicultural Attitudes | Exposure to diverse cultures creates a unique identity.
To establish strong roots/ Learn foreign languages ​​as a means of communication, not study/ Accept and integrate diverse cultures

Strategic Attitude | A child with a goal develops a strategy.
Focus your efforts on your strengths instead of your weaknesses/ Provide limitations to help you strategize/ Leverage what's around you/ Create opportunities to collaborate and interact with others

Open-mindedness | Cultivate a mind open to new experiences
Overcoming the fear of the unfamiliar / Sometimes experiencing something out of the ordinary

Complex Attitudes | Developing Complexity Develops Convergence Thinking
Creating a horizontal and lively atmosphere / Fostering complex thinking skills

Attitude toward seeking mentors | Raising children to become self-directed learners.
6 Steps to Finding a Mentor

·Outside the Box Playground 3
·One-page summary for parents

4 Space
A space that fosters unique and confident children

Emotional Attitude | Children who discover their true selves grow emotionally.
Knowing and loving yourself/ Understanding your feelings/ Learning to express your emotions/ Using your feelings as a tool

Empathetic Attitude | How to Develop Consideration Through Empathy
Teach them to care about others/Teach them the skills of consideration/Teach them that empathy and consideration do not mean giving in unconditionally.

A Rethinking Attitude | How to Raise Children with the Power to Think Deeply on Their Own
Don't be afraid of being alone / Develop a habit of reflecting on the day / Focus on something unusual or simple / Give your child the gift of leisure

Self-Directed Attitude | How to Develop Self-Directedness in Your Child
Protecting your child's autonomy/ Respecting your child's own pace/ Raising your child to be stubborn/ Encouraging them to find what they want and pursue it on their own

A Fantastic Attitude | How to Develop Your Child's Imagination
Stimulate your child's imagination with interesting questions/Open the door to imagination through print/Play games that enhance imagination/Follow up imagination with critical thinking

A Bold Attitude | How to Raise a Unique Child
Teach them to love themselves/ Encourage them to act outside the box/ Teach them that all colors combined make black

Positive Attitude | A Child Who Transcends the Frames of Male and Female
Breaking Free from Gender Stereotypes / Teaching Girls to Become Creative Geniuses

A brash attitude | A child who proudly shouts against the rules of the world
Raising proactive children / Teach them to break rules / Practice disagreeing with parents

·Outside the Box Playground 4
·One-page summary for parents

Part 2: ION Thinking: Growing into a Far-sighted Child

Expertise within 5 frames
Thinking skills that develop expertise
Developing memorization skills/Developing comprehension skills/Developing application skills
·One-page summary for parents

6. Imagination outside the box
Imagination that creates innovators
The skill of imagining without restraint, developing a fluid imagination / The skill of thinking in various directions, developing a flexible imagination / The skill of thinking ingeniously, developing an original imagination

Imagination that develops problem-solving skills
Conceiving alone and together

Imagination that creates Eureka

·Outside the Box Playground 5
·One-page summary for parents

Critical thinking within 7 frames
Critical thinking that creates balanced thinking
The art of critical thinking, analytical and evaluative skills/fighting with logic/analyzing using the 'weak and strong' principle/raising questions
·One-page summary for parents

8 New Frame Fusion Power
The power of convergence to combine diverse ideas
View larger/ Skip the frame/ Find the pattern/ Connect the dots

The power of convergence to create self-directed thinking
Elaborate/Simplify/Promote Your Creation
·One-page summary for parents

Epilogue | Create an Environment That Will Raise Your Child to Become a Creative Genius
To create an environment that nurtures our children as creative geniuses, a child's success depends on their mothers. Schools must also change. An environment that fosters creativity and innovation.

Why creativity now?
A child who jumps out changes the world!

After the Fourth Industrial Revolution, most jobs we know will disappear.
In the past, there were many jobs available to children who were good at studying and hard-working.
So, even without creativity education, there was no major problem in living.
But the era of memorizing and applying knowledge is over, and the positions for specialized technicians are becoming increasingly limited.
What kind of people will move and change the world in the future? They will be those with the ability to add a little extra to their knowledge—in other words, "creativity."
In 10 years, a completely new world will unfold that we cannot even imagine now.
The essential survival skill for our children who will live in the future society is ‘creativity.’
Fortunately, creativity is not something that is innate like intelligence, genetics, or family, but rather an ability that can be developed later in life.
Moreover, what is important to note is that the ability that parents can sufficiently foster is the child's 'creativity.'
The research results showed that the factor that had the greatest influence on a child's success was the 'mother'.
It is said that it is not the good school or teachers, but the parents, especially the mother, who have as much as 80% of the influence on a child.
If you are a mother who has confined your precious children to the mold of spoon-fed education out of anxiety about the future or fear of them falling behind others, you should pay attention to the 'Creative Gifted Education Method' in this book, which Professor Kim has created through his lifelong research, and start educating your children about creativity right now.

The '4S' Needed to Foster a Child's Creativity
Sun, Storm, Soil, Space

A child's creativity is created in the 'home'.
Professor Kyunghee Kim, who shocked American society with her article “America’s Creativity Crisis” that graced the cover of Newsweek and received awards such as the Creativity Association’s Best Research Award, the American Society for Gifted Young Scholar Award, the Hollingsworth Award, the Berlin Award, and the New Intelligence and New Creativity Research Award, has devoted herself to research on creativity education for over 30 years and defined the “27 attitudes” necessary to foster creativity in children.
The '27 attitudes' that Professor Kim defines to foster creativity do not require good school districts, private education, or good teachers.
Only parents, especially mothers, can foster their children's creativity through a '4S culture' at home.
Part 1 of this book introduces the '4S': sunlight, wind, soil, and space, which foster a child's creativity.
The 4S culture contains everything about how to develop children's creativity, including parents' mindset and attitude, conversation methods that foster children's creativity, questioning methods, and play methods.
A sunny climate allows children to enjoy learning through warm words and attention from parents, while a windy climate allows children to not give up and be discouraged by failure through parental encouragement and support.
Soil climate helps children discover their own unique identity through parental questions and diverse experiences, and space climate creates a free environment to help children grow into unique and confident individuals.
This book, the culmination of 30 years of research by a world-renowned authority on creative gifted education, introduces creative education methods for our children, who will become future talents.

I want to develop my child's creativity and convergent thinking skills.
A must-read for moms!

Creativity is a multifaceted ability that requires critical thinking, imagination, and reasoning skills.
Creativity develops through 27 creative attitudes fostered through the 4S culture, enabling creative thinking in novel ways and progressing step by step to find valuable answers through convergent thinking.
Creativity is never simply a unique idea.
The 'ION thinking ability' described in Part 2 of this book is an 'essential asset' for our children who will survive in the future.
The author says that ION thinking, which consists of 'inbox thinking', 'outbox thinking', 'inbox thinking', and 'newbox thinking', is much more helpful than IQ in educating children with gifts.
Once a child becomes accustomed to these four ways of thinking, parental worries such as, “I’m worried because my child has a low IQ,” or “My child’s test scores are so poor, what should I do?” will disappear completely.