Children learn by observing and imitating and so watching and being supported by adults who encourage and work creatively by being flexible in approach, solving problems and painting and drawing with them can help develop their creativity. Children’s environments and the practitioners who work with them should be receptive to new ideas and innovations and encourage them to explore and be creative. Creativity as a process – Some theories look at creativity as a process. They look at how new ideas develop. An early theory put forward by Graham Wallas was a five-stage model that focused on the unconscious mind: • Preparation – initial thoughts about a problem • Incubation – time spent thinking unconsciously about the problem • Intimation – being aware that an answer is within
Cognitive skills can be developed using hands-on activities allowing children explore, problem solve, and satisfy their curiosities. Ask the children what kind of ideas they have, this will make it their own idea and may be more interesting for them. When reading stories, show them the pictures, and then ask open-ended questions. Provide a quiet space for a child to look at a book or work a puzzle; sometimes a child needs quiet separation from the other children. Develop verbal communication through talking, story time, word games, and songs.
Pictures: Pictures are used alongside words to make communication more easier and understandable. In fact in my placement school, the reading scheme that is used starts the children off with ‘picture only’ books so the children are encouraged to talk about the pictures in the book and make their own story up and ask questions. Technology: Computer programmes (apps and games), interactive whiteboard, story tapes, cds are all ways of stimulating a child’s communication development. These days a lot of programmes are interactive and children can hear and respond to different applications made specially to help develop their
Lauren Fowler Pin: 30199220 OP2.17 1.1. Describe why creative development is important to children’s learning. Creative development is important to children’s development and learning because it helps your child to use their mind and imagination to express their own ideas. Even playing with their friends is also helping your child to understand that all family’s and cultures can be different. It also helps your child to make connections in their thinking and the way in which problem are solved.
Babies would shake, knock over toys to learn. As they develop (three-five) they will do things such as finger painting, playing in water or sand, feeling different objects and collecting things such as leaves/bugs. Physical coordination- When engaging in physical activities the child is strengthen their physical coordination ways to do this is through play which can be a number of things from clapping to climbing The Importance of Play and Development AGE 1-2 YEARS Musical instruments Outline of activity- Playing musical instruments The activity will encourage communication by- listening to each other play beats, hearing different sounds and having fun The activity will encourage social and emotional development by- Smiling and interacting with other children The activity will encourage cognitive development by- Using fine and gross motor skills, associating different sounds. The Importance of Play in Development AGES 3-4 YEARS Reading activity Outline of activity- Reading books in a group Resources needed- Adult, children and books The activity will encourage communication by- Speaking and listen and by asking
CYPOP7 1.1 Creative learning is where children use the range of materials and play opportunities around them, provided by adults. A child’s curiosity will lead them to explore the resources. From this the child will learn through play, using imagination, new and unusual ideas (originality), a variety of different ideas (productivity), problem solving and experimenting. Creativity it helps children to express feeling and ideas about people objects and events. This could be in the form of painting, drawing, collage, music, dance, woodwork, model making, sand and water with small world scenarios and miniature garden scenarios.
The diagram below gives examples of the areas of learning and development and shows the links between the way in which your child learns and what they learn. As a mum or dad, how can I help with my child’s learning? All the fun activities that you do with your child at home are important in supporting their learning and development, and have a really long lasting effect on your child’s learning as they progress through school. Even when your child is very young and is not yet able to talk, talking to them helps them to learn and understand new words and ideas. If you make the time every day to do some of the following things with your child it will make a real difference to your child’s confidence as a young
Children are also encouraged help one another. They are taught to ask for help from another child before coming to a teacher. I plan activities that require cooperation and group work so that children will work together to solve problems and be attentive to other’s needs. The children make our room a better place by being empathetic and helpful to others. In my program I want children to be independent and make positive choices.
Supporting the development of new play skills After identifying what the child is trying to communicate through their behaviour we can identify what new skills the child needs to learn. E.g. unable to listen to a whole large group story but through observations we know the child is able to listen to a story in a one to one situation. We can teach the child with small steps to listen to a group story. First small step is for the child to sit with one or two other children.
We will follow up with the discussion of what they found in their own home that started with the assigned letter. Evaluation of Activity During the course of this Activity I had two students that performed well. Tony and Eli learned the letter “A” and found several objects in the room that began with the letter. Overall the lesson was fun for the kids and they enjoyed the coloring and exploring the classroom. I think for the younger children I will need to implement more colorful objects and thing for them to feel, touch and smell for recognition of the letters we are learning.