Creative Expression

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Discuss provision and opportunities for creative expression in early childhood and how they should permeate children's lives at home and in EY settings What are the creative arts? On the subject of children, it is an activity that engages children's imagination and can include activities such as art, dance, drama, puppetry, and music. It stimulates and helps children develop holistically. They are open-ended activities, fostering flexibility of the mind. Most importantly, creative art highlights the process, teaching children a lot of skills, for example, social skills and imagination skills. In the following will be educational benefits that high exposure to the creative arts which may foster the wide range of creative expression and the …show more content…

Sharing with parents about the role of arts in the curriculum and the activities in which the children are participating in will encourage the parents to support the program and of the children's holistic development. Parent's involvement could be encouraged in many ways for example inviting families to participate in museum field trips and classroom art activities provide the opportunity for shared experiences and discussion between children and their parents. Early childhood educators may also recommend at-home art projects for children and parents to do together. The projects should be optional and teachers are encouraged to provide materials that might be needed in a package where there are explanations and directions for the project. Brand (1996) stated that putting art projects with books themes as a way to encourage parents with different levels to feel comfortable in working with children at home. For example, after reading Lucy's Picture (1995) by Nicola Moon, children and parents might work together to create a collage depicting activities they would like to participate in together from materials found at home and/or supplied by the …show more content…

However, it does not only foster children's imaginations, so that they become more flexible and inventive thinkers but also develop them holistically. As such, we as early childhood educators should work together to integrate greater chances for young children to engage in the creative arts, as such, it will provide the foundation for later success.

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