Developing creativity in young children

The importance of creative activities The following Slideshare presentation is offered for your complimentary use as part of ProCEEd’s commitment to working together for children to enhance provision and practice Enhancing Provision and Practice with Dr. Margaret Simms ProCEEd Early Years Consultant ProCEEd Early Years Consultancy

Developing creativity in young children Objective To explore the benefits to children of different painting activities and techniques Enhancing provision and practice with ProCEEd, Nottinghamshire’s Early Years Consultancy

Reasons for painting
How many reasons can you think of
for encouraging creativity in children
from a very early age?
Enhancing Early Years provision and practice with ProCEEd, Nottinghamshire’s Early Years Consultancy

Painting activities What painting activities can you offer that will encourage creativity in children? Enhancing Early Years provision and practice with ProCEEd, Nottinghamshire’s Early Years Consultancy

String painting
Bubble painting
Printing
Painting with brushes
Butterfly painting
Hand and finger painting

SPIELS
Do your reasons for encouraging
creativity in children
meet child development needs?
S ocial
P hysical
I ntellectual
E motional
L anguage
S enses

SPIELS
Social
Interaction with other children
and adults
Social Physical Intellectual Emotional Language Senses

SPIELS
Physical

gross motor skills
fine motor skills
hand - eye coordination

SPIELS
Intellectual

creativity
problem solving
memory
thinking skills

SPIELS
Emotional

expressing feelings
empathy

SPIELS
Language
verbal language
non-verbal language

SPIELS
Senses
hearing
taste
touch
sight
smell

Health and Safety
Discuss the following and put into order of importance:
Cover tables, surfaces and floor
Check for allergies
Supervise children continually
Use aprons
Ensure there is sink facilities near by
Check settings policies on using certain items

Design an activity card
Your activity card must include:
Title
Description of the activity
Materials and resources
Recommended age of the child
Role of the practitioner in supporting the activity
How the activity promotes SPIELS
Adaptations for children with specific needs

Working together for children
This complementary Slideshare
presentation is brought to you by
ProCEEd, Nottinghamshire’s Early Years Consultancy.
At ProCEEd we specialise in Early Years training, research,
evaluation and event planning.
Discuss your consultancy needs: [email_address]
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Developing creativity in young children

by ProCEEd Nottinghamshire's Early Years Consultancy on Oct 21, 2011

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