Welcome!

Invention is an activity book designed for children ages seven to twelve to teach them about the design process. Through the activities in this book, children will go through the design process many times, developing skills such as drawing, brainstorming, association mapping, need-finding, concept-critique, building, testing, and design iteration.

Invention is different from other activity books because it is designed with a careful balance of directed and open-ended prompts. The result is that the exercises in this book offer enough structure to motivate and inspire the inventor without limiting creativity.

Go ahead and explore the following pages to learn more about Invention.

—The Design-o-mite team:

• Jesse Austin-Breneman
• Chris Benson
• Ashley Browning
• Emily Obert
• Ariadne Smith
• Geoff Tsai