Nurturing Creativity: An Essential Mindset for Young Children's Learning

by Rebecca Isbell, Sonia Akiko Yoshizawa

Young children have great capacity for creativity that thrives when it is nurtured. Early childhood teachers have the opportunity to inspire children's innovative thinking and doing by:

Including creative opportunities across all domains of learning
designing a beautiful space that encourages children's experimentation and play
extending children's learning and challenging their thinking
documenting children's thought processes and displaying their work
involving families and the community in children's creative endeavors
reflecting on your beliefs and practices about creativity and nurturing your own creativity

Learn how to support children as they problem-solve, explore and share new ideas, and collaborate with others, and watch their confidence and capableness to grow.

Genres: Nonfiction

162 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

Reviews

[Kyisha Walter · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book for an Early Education Creativity class and felt it was very effective. I like the way that the topics are separated and think it would be a great reference for any teacher.

[Chloe · Rating 3 out of 5]

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