Unit 51: Support the Creativity of Children and Young People 1.1 Benefits of creativity for the wellbeing of children and young people. In the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) booklet, shows children and young people workers on how to improve the quality of care and education for children from birth to the end of their first year in school. In one part of the book it covers the areas of learning and one of the main ones out of five others is called Creative Development. In the EYFS booklet it says “Children’s creativity must be extended by the provision of support for their curiosity, exploration and play. They must be provided with opportunities to explore and share their thoughts, ideas and feelings, for example, through a variety of art, music, movement, dance, imaginative and role-okay activities, mathematics, and design and technology’ Statutory Framework 2.17.
Intellectually they are learning about problem solving, numeracy and developing their reading and writing skills. Children’s ability to communicate with peers and adults develops through creative play as well as their overall speech and listening skills. Physically, creativity can help develop fine motor skills by children using materials such as crayons, paints and sticking. Participating in movement activities such as dance or drama (role play) also enhances the overall physical development of a child. For example, during a cooking activity children are learning many skills through this creative process, they may feel happy and excited about cresting their own food.
It enables children to interact and participate in a variety of projects to encourage creativity and independence. This is a good strategy as it encourages children to construct their knowledge through the relationships they build with others and the surrounding environment. ‘’It is an approach where the expressive arts play a central role in learning and where a unique reciprocal learning relationship exists between practitioner and child’’. www.educationscotland.gov.uk/ (21/11/13). It is an important aspect to carry out when allowing children to play, as it encourages children to be independent learners, and allows them to understand and learn about life and the world.
1.1 Describe the importance of play and leisure for children and young people Both Play and Leisure are very important in a child's life as a different range of play and leisure opportunities could help the child build confidence, help to interact with others and be creative. Using play to learn about different cultures through books or playing a game which involves dressing up, for example learning how to put on a sari or try food from different countries, these things can expand a child’s mind. Physical (gross motor) activities is how a child moves it can be running, jumping, swimming, catching and dancing all of which build strength and boost coordination. Physical play is also a way to learn about teamwork. Being creative through
Outside slides, logs to climb and balance on, trikes and balance bikes, tractor wheels to climb and use to pull on, balls to roll. These are some of the activities we have at the preschool our environments are planned around giving the child the maximum opportunities to have physical activities and children need space to do physical activities. 1.2) Explain the development of movement skills in young children and how these affect other aspects of development. The main movement skills that children develop are: * Gross motor- whole limb movement for babies * Travelling movements where the child moves from one point to another such as running, jumping and skipping * Object control such
CCLD MU 5.3; Lead Practice that Support Positive Outcomes for Child and Young Person Development 1.1Explain different theories and frameworks of child and young person development Piaget Piaget’s theories allow us to take the idea of ‘schema’ into practice and use it to effectively plan for the development of a child. Using these ‘schema’ and Piaget’s stages (sensorimeter, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational) we can assess where and how a child is currently learning, and plan activities and observations to help them develop into the next stages. High Scope The High Scope theory approach supports children’s learning through play. It helps children to develop their self-esteem, confidence and language. It encourages children to learn at their own level that they feel comfortable and confident with, therefore enhancing the opportunity for developing many social and intellectual skills.
How to monitor children and young people's development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern. There are a number of ways to monitor children, observation methods are: check lists, are popular because they are easy to use they can focus on a particular aspect of child development. the observer either watches the child as they play or asks the child to do something like hop on one foot if the child can do it then the observer ticks the box. Events record, this is to look at when unwanted behaviour is used be a child, a prepared sheet of paper is drawn up before hand with the type of information that needs to be collected a column for each piece of information, when the behaviour is seen. time sampling, time sampling is done over a morning or afternoon it allows the observer to gain a better picture of the child.
First, extra–curricular activities offer some significant benefits to children on physical development. Outdoor activities bring a good time of physical exercises for kids to keep fit. In particular, some sports such as swimming, gymnastics develop the body’s strength and ability to move and bend easily, while other sports like basketball, volleyball help increase the height of children. In addition, extra–curricular activities make children stay healthy. At Edward R. Murrow High school in Brooklyn, New York, extra–curricular activities often take place in countryside with lots of fresh air and sunshine which is very helpful for their health.
Play activities are essential to healthy development for children and adolescents. Research shows that 75% of brain development occurs after birth. The activities engaged in by children both stimulate and influence the pattern of the connections made between the nerve cells. This process influences the development of fine and gross motor skills, language, socialization, personal awareness, emotional well-being, creativity, problem solving and learning ability. The most important role that play can have is to help children to be active, make choices and practice actions to mastery.
When we take care of children, we are also helping the human species find the truth and understand the world. (Gopnik et al. 1999: 211) This chapter begins by looking at what elements need to be in place to ensure that children develop to their full potential and have opportunities to explore and extend all their capacities and capabilities. It will further explore the generalized impact on children’s development of social breakdown because of war and conflict – looking in detail at the developmental processes of early childhood, and noting what happens when that progress is interrupted. The major theories of play will be outlined, with the emphasis here on play not only as a necessary feature of childhood and essential component of development, but also as a means to regain ‘lost childhoods’.