Discover Creativity with 2-5 Year Olds

Promoting Creative Learning and Development Through Best Practice

Louise Day (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

218 Seiten

2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-22237-0 (ISBN)

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This book explores young children’s creative development and shares important insight as to why and how practitioners can encourage their natural curiosity. It will help 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.

Discover Creativity with 2–5 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

- Forming respectful relationships and understanding the impact they can have on creativity

- Developing the environment and resources that enable creativity

- Exploring outdoors and how to make the most of time with young children outside

- Encouraging a process over product mindset

- Understanding the role of the adult in supporting creative thinking and exploration

This wonderful guide will inspire practitioners and equip them with the tools they need to fully support and cultivate the curious and creative side to every child.

Louise Day is an early years graduate, manager of Wally’s Day Nursery, UK, and Author of Discover Creativity with Babies.

Contents

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART 1

Looking deeper at creativity

What it means to be a creative toddler

What it means to be a creative pre-schooler

Pioneering Influences

Forming respectful relationships

Developing an environment for creativity

Resourcing for creativity

Exploring outdoors
PART 2

Let them play: Provocations

Discover Cooking with young children

Discover Communication and Language

Discover Physical

Discover Outdoors

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.12.2022
Zusatzinfo	231 Halftones, color; 231 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	820 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
ISBN-10	1-032-22237-9 / 1032222379
ISBN-13	978-1-032-22237-0 / 9781032222370
Zustand	Neuware