Discover Creativity with 2-5 Year Olds: Promoting Creative Learning and Development Through Best Practice...

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Louise Day

Discover Creativity with 2-5 Year Olds

Promoting Creative Learning and Development Through Best Practice

Louise Day

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Routledge
30 December 2022

Pre-school & kindergarten; Teacher training

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.

By: Louise Day
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 757g
ISBN: 9781032222370
ISBN 10: 1032222379
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 30 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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