Chiming with children's creative interest

Nursery World, 30 May 2002

The Early Learning Goals state that 'creativity is fundamental to successful learning', yet many early years settings offer surprisingly few opportunities for children to express themselves creatively. For example, as Easter approaches many young children will be busy sticking bits of cotton wool on to adult-drawn templates of rabbits and chicks. This is not creativity. It is mass production. Supporting creativity

The Early Learning Goals state that 'creativity is fundamental to successful learning', yet many early years settings offer surprisingly few opportunities for children to express themselves creatively. For example, as Easter approaches many young children will be busy sticking...

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