Join Center for Inspired Teaching in our campaign to make Curiosity the word of the year in 2025! Take the below Curiosity Challenge, share it with friends and family, and make every day a day full of curiosity.

Reflect, Then Create

Take 5 minutes to list all the curiosities you explored this week; then create a second list of things you’re curious about learning next.

Now that your curiosity muscle is growing stronger, what new questions do you have about…The scientific world? The food in your refrigerator? Our country? The way music and movement affect our brains and emotions? Your smartphone’s battery life? How often you really need to floss?

What did you notice about your curious mind as the week went on?
Were there any changes in your life outside the Challenges that you might attribute to this focus on curiosity?

Put the lists you’ve created somewhere prominent so you can see them every day (by the bathroom mirror, on your bedside table, above the coffee pot, in your purse, next to your shoes).

Let them serve as a motivator as you carry your curiosity forward, and a conversation starter when people in your orbit happen to see your list. Remember, curiosity is contagious, and this is one bug we all benefit from spreading. Keep the learning flowing!

Did You Know?

In her new book, The Art of the Interesting, philosopher and researcher Lorriane Bresser finds that:

“…when you have more psychologically rich experiences, it can lead you toward a more expansive sense of self. You feel more connected to everything—your environment, other people, whatever—in a non-evaluative way.

And more engagement with the world like this pays off. When we develop skills of noticing and being curious about what’s going on around us, it gives us feelings of connection to the world and a sense of agency.”

This week you immersed yourself in “psychological richness.” We hope you feel more connected – to friends old and new, to your natural and social environments, and to Center for Inspired Teaching. We appreciate you. We look forward to learning with you all year long and collaborating to make Curiosity the Word of the Year in 2025.