But students, teachers, children, and adults continue to struggle with creative thinking, and when it comes to brainstorming ideas as members of a group, they often fail to contribute.

Neil Wuttke, who has been a primary schoolteacher for forty-two years, walks you through brainstorming in this guide that shows how calling upon experiences and memories can help you express your thoughts and think for yourself.

He explores how to apply brainstorming strategies in a classroom setting with activities that encourage creative thinking. Whether it’s using the word “silver” in as many ways you can, naming things that have wheels, or listing “chains,” the activities are fun and thought provoking.

Boost your confidence, rejuvenate your memory, and put some excitement into your life with the insights, lessons, and activities in Basic Brainstorming.

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Basic Brainstorming

The Start of the Creative Thinking Process

By Neil Wuttke

Balboa Press

CHAPTER 1

1. Use the word "back" in as many ways as you can.

Common

back door
Backpack
Backstop
Backache
back field
Backyard
Backhand
Backswing
back stroke
back stage
back off
backwards
background
back flip
Backline
back tracking
back down
backlash

Creative

back to front
quarterback
back seat driver
backgammon
pat on the back
put on the back burner
Jim Backus
back walkover
Back to the Future - M
"Baby Come Back" - S
back to life
I'll Be Back
back to back
red back spider
back in the day
back in time
bending over backwards
Backstreet Boys
I love you to the moon and back
having your back to the wall
piggyback
back stab
back to school
backside
Nickelback
bacteria
hump back whale
back of the line
back in town
"Back in Black" - S
"Turn Back Time" - S
Bacchus

2. Use the word "side" in as many ways as you can.

Common

off side
leg sideside view
my side
on the side
side door
side dish
side step
sidewalk
sideways
on side
right side
left side
side show
side swipe
side of the road
side saddle
side winder

Creative

by my side
sidekick
sidestroke
state side
backside side arm
side by side
beside
side splitter
seaside
inside dark side
sideline Homicide
Far Side
blindsided
upside down
inside out
lighter side
changing sides
right side of the law
house siding
six-sided dice outside
Westside Story - M
pain in the backside
"Dark Side of the Moon" - S
consider
Gary Sidebottom
"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" - S
"Walking side to side" - S
Whose side are you on?
cider
sidestroke
state side
side arm
side splitter
seaside
dark side
Homicide
upside down
inside out
right side of the law
house siding
outside
consider

3. Use the word "front" in as many ways as you can.

Common

front veranda
front teeth
front steps
front path
front room
front seat
front door
front page
front flip
front of the line
in front
front desk
front up
front fence
front gate
front page
front yard
front wheels
front bumper

Creative

Western front
for front
weather front
more front than Myer
up front
sit down in front
fire front
front runner
confront
back to front
frontal impact
out in front
cold front
house front
front man
front of house
frontal lobe
front line
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
it's just a front for the crime gang
final frontier
battlefront
front of house
frontal lobe
front line

4. Use the word "top" in as many ways as you can.

Common

top hat
mountain top
top of class
top of fridge
top of ladder
top of building
top of tower
top of the list
top loader
bottle top
roof top

tree top
big top
tank top

Creative

top deck
Top Gun -M
Top Gear
top of the tree
Top Cat
top of the morning
topside
top of the wash
top of food chain
topic
topple
Hi Top
Top Deck chocolate
top notch
crop top
Tip Top
topping
Top Chief
"Sitting on Top of the World" - S
topsy turvy
on top of the world
long way to the top
Bottle Top Bill
make it to the top
pop top
top dog
stop

5. Use the word "base" in as many ways as you can.

Common

base price
1st base
2nd base
3rd base
home base
base number
base of tower
base 10
base ingredients
base metal
base camp
metal base
base of a cliff
lamp base
base step
base floor
broadly based

Creative

basics
baseball
base instrument
basement
army base
based on a true story
solid base
touch base
based on information
based on facts
base jumping
baseline
cover all bases
customer base
fan base
based on facts
baseman
database
wheelbase
base running

6. Use the word "cover" in as many ways as you can.

Common

book cover
car cover
discover
bed cover
hard cover
soft cover insurance
cover
pillow cover
pool cover

Creative

cover net
take cover
cover up
recovery
cover letter
cover me
coverage
cover version
drop cover roll
cover your work
WorkCover
take cover
covert operation
don't judge a book by its cover
under cover
look say cover write
Undercover Cops
blanket cover
"Cover of the Rolling Stone" - S
behind cover
cover fire
cover drive
Cover Girl Magazine
covers
cover band

7. Use the word "page" in as many ways as you can

Common

page of book
page of history
turn the page
focus page
front page
back page
blank page
lined page
page border
read a page
A4 page
new page

Creative

knight's page
Paige
pageant
Paige Goodwin
torn page
Yellow Pages
White Pages
web page
home page
pager
page boy
paged
profile page
Jimmy Page
Greg Page
rampage
slippage
stoppage
seepage
Facebook page

8. Use the word "book" in as many ways as you can

Common

bank book
cheque book
notebooks
diaries
book report
bookmark
bookmobile
book ends
book shelf
book case
books of the Bible
library book
cook book
book shop
book stand
booklet
address book

Creative

book of matches
Booker T Washington
bookmaker
"Book him!"
to play by the book
throw the book at him
book work
book a passage on ship
Facebook
phone book
don't judge a book by its cover
Guinness Book of Records
The Notebook - M
Lucky Book Club
Booker T
Booker Boo
The Book Thief - M
Book of Eli
Book Week
bookbinding
booked out
Jungle Book - M

9. Use the word "start" in as many ways as you can.

Common

start a race
false start
start of the day
start work
start the clock
start the car

start test
start afresh
push start
start school
stop start

Creative

start again
starting gun
started
startled
start your enquiries
let's get this party started
Star Trek - M
jump start
head start
restart
starting point
start the car
start to finish
Homestart
kick start
nonstarter
upstart
starters
start up

10. Use the word "end" in as many ways as you can.

Common

end of the rope
end of the race
end of track
end of the day
the end
Mile End

Creative

end to end
this is the end
Living End
end of the road
End of Days - M
endless
ending
Endless Summer - M
to the bitter end
beginning of the end
Never Ending Story -M
dead end
endurance
endoscopy
reach the end of the line
book ends
send
trend
bend
fend off
mend
vending machine
end of the world
the end is nigh
depend
friend

11. Use the word "hook" in as many ways as you can.

Common

fish hook
barbed hook
hook on the wall
hook you in
coat hook
key hook

Creative

let off the hook
hook, line and sinker
Captain Hook
by hook or crook
Sky Hooks
Velcro hook
Hook - M
shook
hooked
hooked on you
"Hooked on a Feeling" - S
chook
right hook
hooky
hooking
hooker
hook up
L J Hooker
hookworm
tenterhooks

12. Use the word "line" in as many ways as you can.

Common

dotted lines
four-square lines
waiting in line
line up
cross the line
clothes line
deadline
fishing line
eye liner
coastline
number line
line drawn on paper

Creative

headlines
guidelines
airlines
ocean liners
line backer
football line
toe the line
walk the line
borderline
finish line
white line fever
silver lining
read between the lines
"Blurred Lines" - S
Madeline -M
dateline
help line
police line up
line dance

13. Use the word "net" in as many ways as you can.

Common

basketball net
hockey net
volley ball net
tennis net
insect net
butterfly net
cargo net
hair net

Creative

Cornett
double net
cabinet
fish net stockings
safety net
netball
Netflix
Brooklyn Nets
network
stinging nettle
netting magnet
bonnet
Antoinette
cornet
hornet
phonetics
spinet piano
net profile
security net
The Netherlands
New Jersey Nets
Craig Nettles
Internet
Annette
net of a solid

(Continues...)

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