In "For the Love of Routines—and Research," CCT director Shelley Pasnik takes a light-hearted look at the part that predictable routines can play in encouraging creativity. Starting with a comic strip from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center's new interactive book, Family Time with Apps: A Guide to Using Apps with Your Kids, Pasnik muses on the usefulness of consistency and predictability in allowing people—young children, adult researchers, anybody—the freedom to become completely engrossed in a creative activity.

For Pasnik's blog post, click here. To download a copy of Family Time with Apps from the iBook Store, click here.