CHCECE018 Nurture Creativity in Children

NURTURE CREATIVITY IN
CHILDREN
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Table of Contents
Formative assessments.....................................................................................................................5
Activity 1.........................................................................................................................................5
1.) Six natural and found material..........................................................................................5
2.) An activity that would allow children to use natural resources to be creative..................5
Activity 2.........................................................................................................................................6
Activity 3.........................................................................................................................................6
1. One type of music...............................................................................................................6
2. One type of dance..............................................................................................................6
Activity 4.........................................................................................................................................6
1. A sense of ownership and responsibility for equipment and materials..............................6
2 Teach the child a sense of responsibility for equipment and materials...............................7
Activity 5.........................................................................................................................................7
1 Improvisation as it pertains to creativity.............................................................................7
2 Steps that you would follow when making your creation...................................................7
Activity 6.........................................................................................................................................8
1 The educator is allowing the child to communicate their own original ideas, interpretations
and expressions.......................................................................................................................8
2. Make their own imaginary animal or creature...................................................................8
Activity 7.........................................................................................................................................8
1 Recommend the educator help the child to find their own answer.....................................8
2. Recommend the educator help the child to find their own answer....................................9
Activity 8.........................................................................................................................................9
Activity 9.........................................................................................................................................9
1. Children to be creative over days or weeks........................................................................9
2 10 Creative tasks that might extend over days or even weeks............................................9
Activity 10.....................................................................................................................................10
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1. Two techniques you could teach children using different materials................................10
2. Steps that you would follow when teaching the technique.............................................10
Activity 11.....................................................................................................................................10
Activity 12.....................................................................................................................................10
1. Problem-solving process..................................................................................................10
2. Five open questions could ask a child to help them critically reflect on a puppet made by
them......................................................................................................................................11
Activity 13.....................................................................................................................................11
1 Display pictures of fish in a meaningful way....................................................................11
2 Display three-dimensional angels and baubles in a meaningful way................................11
Activity 14.....................................................................................................................................11
1. Respond to children’s interests in this case......................................................................11
2. Respond if one group of children demonstrated an interest in dancing...........................12
Activity 15.....................................................................................................................................12
1 Three ways that creativity in the form of movement can be nurtured...............................12
2 Three ways that creativity in the form of dramatic play can be nurtured..........................12
Activity 16.....................................................................................................................................12
1 Five examples of opportunities that might be provided for children to practise their
developing music and movement skills................................................................................12
2 Describe a play area, both indoors and outdoors to enjoy dramatic and imaginative play13
Activity 17.....................................................................................................................................13
Activity 18.....................................................................................................................................13
Summative assessment 1................................................................................................................14
Question 2......................................................................................................................................14
Question 3......................................................................................................................................14
Question 4......................................................................................................................................14
Question 5......................................................................................................................................14
Question 6......................................................................................................................................15
Question 7......................................................................................................................................15
Question 8......................................................................................................................................15
Summative assessment 2................................................................................................................15
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Visual art and construction............................................................................................................16
1. Range of developmentally appropriate visual, musical and other sensory stimuli..........16
2.) Material for creating visuals art piece.............................................................................16
3. Responding child interest in new colours.........................................................................16
4. Example of an inviting, stimulating and safe experience for individual children............16
5. Comment on behaviour of colleague that effect might affect child.................................17
6. Supply material to children for using their own original ideas........................................17
7. Example of a conversation which have with children......................................................17
8. Importance of displaying mask made by children............................................................17
9. Displaying not creative mask of children.........................................................................18
Dramatic and imaginative play......................................................................................................18
1. Indoor and Outdoor play area...........................................................................................18
2. Stimulate children’s involvement in dramatic and imaginative activities........................18
3 Safe experience for individual children or small groups of children................................18
4 Answering questions of children related to firefighter......................................................19
5 Teach children role playing technique..............................................................................19
Music and movement.....................................................................................................................19
1. Set up the environment that encourages children’s participation.....................................19
2. Formulate strategies to encourage the development of this child....................................19
3 Situation where a program is designed to respond to children’s interests........................20
4 Appropriate attitudes and interaction................................................................................20
5 Identify stimulating, developmentally appropriate and inclusive music...........................20
6 Musical instruments that children might use.....................................................................20
7 Method use to evaluate a child’s participation..................................................................21
8Educators use the evaluations.............................................................................................21
References......................................................................................................................................22
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Formative assessments
Activity 1
1.) Six natural and found material
To create art from nature lead to involve so various elements of nature in a creative way for
making a new art by children. Six natural and found material available to children for creating a
works of art is as follows
 Leaf art
 Sticks,
 Letter Stones
 Water
 Flower petals
 Pines cones
2.) An activity that would allow children to use natural resources to be creative
Stencil table tent is one of the simple craft which can help children to become more
creative. As in this table top card is easy to put together and it is fun way to keep a theme going
at event (Baer, 2017). There are some materials required that are Glue gun, Number stencil craft
paint and Foam Poly Brushes, One for each paint color, card stock and wide satin ribbon
Steps through which children can create is as follows:
 Firstly, children need to fold the cardstock in half in a simple way
 Secondly cutting a piece of ribbon which can spans the bottom of the table tent
 Further with the use of glue gun ribbon can be can be attached inside edge of the back of
the card. As it will help in keeping table tent from stable (Barbot, Lubart and Besançon,
2016).
 After deciding a place of stencil on the card then it need to be fill with small amount of
paint with the use of poly brush.
 Then keep the paint to get dry
 At last this step can be repeated regularly till the enough table tent can be made.
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Activity 2
Three different material that could be used by children for expressing their leaf, flower with
liquid water colour and rocks (Baer, 2016). Activities which can be created with the use
following materials are as follows Creatively leaf printing on fabric
 Flower printing with liquid water colour Decorate rocks using crayons
Activity 3
1. One type of music
a. Type of music which is selected for children’s is nursery rhyme songs. Nursery rhyme is short
stories that often tell a story to children with music which help in developing their learning skills
(Doron, 2017).
b. Three examples of nursery rhyme songs are a crooked man song, Hey Diddle Diddle which is
science times with nursery rhymes and Humpty Dumpty.
c. Introducing children to this type of music is to sing with them regularly. Further their favourite
music will be communicated with them so that they can learn it.
2. One type of dance
a.) One type of dance for children is ballet which can be teach to children and have fun. It helps
in keeping body fit of children (Runco, 2014).
b.) Three example of music with this dance might be performed is dance shoes (ballet piano
music), gentle piano (Baby step) and Pirouette (Ballet Exercises)
Activity 4
1. A sense of ownership and responsibility for equipment and materials
At the care service children basically plays with the clay and associated equipment. While
after playing educator tell to children that they should put clay away which shows the sense of
responsibility toward the toys (Hammershøj, 2014). It is very effective to instilling a sense of
ownership and responsibility for equipment and material because it helps children in making
responsible toward their own toys. Further, through these children can learn to take responsible
for the activities which they carried out and for other work. It is suggested to educator that it he
is doing right through making aware children the way to become responsible which help them in
their future. Further educator can give a clear and positive instruction to do the task and lots of
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