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

Inspiring and supporting innovative thinking

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 grow.

Author: Rebecca Isbell, Sonia Akiko Yoshizawa
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: National Association for the Education of You
Published: 10/17/2016
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781938113215