Description
Book SynopsisDiscover Creativity with 25 Year Olds explores young children's creative development and shares important insight as to why and how practitioners can encourage their natural curiosity. It will help early years practitioners and professionals to rediscover the joy of working creatively with young children and how to support them in developing their ideas, thoughts and feelings through creative expression and opportunities.
The book provides an in-depth account of what creativity is and how best to support children in their creative endeavours. Covering the prime areas of the early years foundation stage, it is packed with engaging, cost-effective and achievable activity ideas to support the young creative mind. Including case studies, discussion boxes and reflective points, the chapters consider key topics underpinned by theoretical perspectives including:
- Understanding he unique differences and needs of toddlers and pre-school children
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Table of Contents
Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART 1
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- Looking deeper at creativity
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- What it means to be a creative toddler
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- What it means to be a creative pre-schooler
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- Pioneering Influences
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- Forming respectful relationships
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- Developing an environment for creativity
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- Resourcing for creativity
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- Exploring outdoors
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PART 2
- Let them play: Provocations
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- Discover Cooking with young children
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- Discover Communication and Language
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- Discover Physical
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- Discover Outdoors
References
Index
