How lessons from kindergarten can help everyone develop the creative thinking skills needed to thrive in today's society.

In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the opposite: the rest of school (even the rest of life) should be more like kindergarten. To thrive in today's fast-changing world, people of all ages must learn to think and act creatively -- and the best way to do that is by focusing more on imagining, creating, playing, sharing, and reflecting, just as children do in traditional kindergartens.

Drawing on experiences from more than thirty years at MIT's Media Lab, Resnick discusses new technologies and strategies for engaging young people in creative learning experiences. He tells stories of how children are programming their own games, stories, and inventions (for example, a diary security system, created by a twelve-year-old girl), and collaborating through remixing, crowdsourcing, and large-scale group projects (such as a Halloween-themed game called Night at Dreary Castle, produced by more than twenty kids scattered around the world). By providing young people with opportunities to work on projects, based on their passions, in collaboration with peers, in a playful spirit, we can help them prepare for a world where creative thinking is more important than ever before.

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●创新教育领域开拓者，麻省理工学院媒体实验室学习研究教授。致力于用现代科技为孩子和成人提供创造性学习体验，撬动全世界孩子创造性思维的百宝箱。毕生梦想是让世界充满会玩又有创造力的人。

●少儿编程之父，领导“终身幼儿园”团队开发了风靡世界的Scratch编程语言及在线社区平台。Scratch平台已被全世界数百万孩子和成年人用来制作和分享动画、故事、游戏和互动艺术，成为创新思维教育的范本。

●乐高教育全球董事，主导乐高机器人背后的科技巨人，创造了积木与科技相连的奇迹。与乐高公司密切合作长达30年，是乐高教育理念奠基人之一。

●2011年获麦格劳教育奖（McGraw Prize），并被《快公司》（Fast Company）评为100位世界极具创意的商业人物之一。