Creative Activities for the Early Years
- Stella Skinner - Early Years Teacher and Consultant, Brighton and Hove
Creative Arts in Early Childhood
Packed full of exciting ideas and powerful visual aids, Creative Activities for the Early Years offers field-tested activities to help practitioners encourage and nurture young children's creativity and imagination. The author presents practical activities in art, dance and music and ideas on how to link them, and guidelines for making the most of music, lighting, space and nursery resources.
This reader-friendly resource also provides:
- Ideas for cross-curricular work
- Suggestions for recording children's progress
- Ideas for selecting materials and a list of specialist suppliers
Really informative ideas for creating creative play.
A solid text that supports students new to placement. Helpful creative activities supported by current research and theory. Also helpful in planning ‘next steps’
Great pictures to demonstrate children’s engagement in the activities
Good general text for the whole programme as can be used for Creative curriculum, PAD, Work Based Enquiry and Holistic Development type modules
Excellent!
Much more than a range of activities. This book offers great ideas an ideas for extending them.
There is so much here and it's valuable to all teachers and practitioners. Themes, thorough explanations, downloadable activity planning sheets and more. The book has an accompanying website with support and more resources.
It has a clear type face and is very accessible.
An interesting book that tries to help the non creative expert gain understanding and confidence in using creativity in early years. Her ideas are clearly set out but I would have enjoyed further illustration and examples of work from the children. A difficult subject handled successfully.
An interesting book that tries to help the non creative expert gain understanding and confidence in using creativity in early years. Her ideas are clearly set out but I would have enjoyed further illustration and examples of work from the children. A difficult subject handled successfully.
Very engaging book. Highly recommended
A really exciting book that offeres and range of activities to promote play and learning in the early years.
Easy to read with exciting examples of play. Useful for all levels working with children. A valuable resource that is a winner.
Very useful activity plans for group activities in Creative Arts for Early Years practitioners
Really informative ideas for creating creative play.
