When it comes to children having access to creative and organized activities, both of these can have serious long term effects in terms of how it may reflect on the children and how they may play a part in today's society. However, comparing the two only leads to creative freedom taking the overall ladder when contrasting creativity and organization. Before explaining the benefits of creative freedom, I think it's necessary to address the dire issues that organized activities bring with it. Much like the article "Helping Children Play Creatively" states, structural activities may prove to be more toxic than intended as having rules and primarily adult control can play a large part in suppressing a child's freedom to express themselves. …show more content…
While organized activities prevents significant self-growth, creative freedom allows the growth of children to be natural rather than forced and unrealistic. On the other hand, giving children more independence to express art, create crafts, and setting new rules allows for more effective development in "critical thinking and problem solving skills". It may also lead to better social skills when it comes to "creative group play" where children who pretend to be someone else can understand what it's like to naturally interact with other people and learn how to talk with others. Something that many teens and adults lack. This can also be applied to those participating in art projects and group activities as they learn to work together with efficiency as well as adapt to new obstacles by establishing new rules to different circumstances. Overall, they become more self-independent and learn to rely on eachother rather than adults. In the long run, children can become more self-reliable which can most definitely have a larger benefit for them and society later in life. When I was younger, I had a very strong passion in drawing and computer technology. By the time I got to high school, those same passions never left me and I had developed a strong sense of creativity and independency from others as I developed a strong idea of who I am. With that in mind, it had proved to be beneficial as it helped me become more decisive to take on more responsibility for myself as my passions made my direction much more clear. With my direction becoming more solid, it really taught me to be able to use my surroundings and start exploring the environment (libraries, communities, activities)that are provided for all of us to use. Not only that but learning how to be independent through creative freedom has also forced me to take more responsibility of my finances and health because to have creative
teaches you that you get out what you put it. You also may learn that the more you think things through
...nt to have when achieving success in life. I learned how to really think deep about problems or issues that I have. Everyone can succeed by using the role of being a creator. I believe that if anyone attended college they should take college success strategies because it helped me become the positive person I am today. For me being a creator, made a big impact on me and my inspiration in life.
1.1 Explain evidence, approaches and theories about the benefits of creativity for the well being of children and young people
Creative play has some very big building aspects to it, Imagination is key to successfully setting goals. Without an healthy imagination a goal would not exsist, if i said my goal is to be a racecar driver, i would not set that goal if i didnt imagine how fun and exciting the career would be. Creative play also supports a social aspect. When a child is playing with his/her friends, they have an infinate number of choices to choose from (the sky is the limit). They can build fort, pretend the carpet in the house is hot lava, and create there own form of games.
Teaching using creative methods can help develop the whole child. It can make learning experiences more exciting, more relevant, create different contexts for learning, al...
This shows how much society has changed since the 1900’s. Modern-day children are worse in almost every aspect of creative thinking when compared to previous generations. Society is hurting children’s imagination by not being supportive of outside time and social connections. With modern electronic devices, kids seldomly need to leave the house in order to be entertained. The lack of play time and social interactions severely hamper the development of children’s creativity. In summary, society is developing into something that lacks encouragement of creativity, and that is a major
Creativity is an essential attribute of human beings that is primarily developed in our childhood. Creativity is defined as the ability to use the imagination to develop new and original ideas or things, especially in an artistic context. This artistic context can range anywhere from visual arts, to music, to dance. Although, the problem today is that this critical role of imagination, discovery, and creativity in a child 's education is not being fulfilled to its maximum. The cause of this expanding problem is that too many art and music programs, which promote creativity, are being taken out of school programs. Problems around this issue then begin to surface; children will soon not appreciate, or realize, creativities ' vital importance and how it shapes oneself. Therefore, curriculum in schools is limiting the growth and development of creativity in adolescents.
There are a whole lot of programs or curriculums out there that try to talk about the environmental and academic needs of children. In this paper, I will try my best to discuss the five components of the Creative Curriculum framework, as well as the philosophies, theories, and research behind its foundation.
Every child has his own way in creating any art, we need to give the opportunity to every child to create his own world the way he feels like, we need as an educator to provide the materials for them to be able to be creative. And I believe each child is a creative person in any way he creates his
As a child, no matter where you grew up or what race you are, you had fun. Obviously not all of the time, as you have responsibilities at all ages and times of your life, but children still have fun. May it be playing with dolls, joining a club, or playing sports, children find a way to enjoy themselves. As well as any aged human, children are creative. Some children might be more creative than others, but all children have a sense of creativity. Being creative can be a positive or a negative feature of a person, as creativity could cause you to find crafty ways to get around the law, while it is also possible to use your creativity to solve problems in stressful situations that could be potentially life threatening. As a child, you
For an effective education creativity needs to be present within all aspects of a primary classroom. So what does it mean to be ‘creative’? According to Sir Ken Robinson “creativity is the process of having original ideas which have value”. Creativity can be demonstrated through the use of technology, problem solving experiments and allowing children the freedom to explore and express new ideas. It is very important to ensure a child can get the best creative education; this is because creativity will give the necessary skills needed for our future. Children must become creative problem solvers if they are in leadership positions as this will help them within society, even though all children may not be in a leadership position it is beneficial for them to have a creative mind-set. Because the world we live in is constantly developing new ideas, concepts and technology, creativity is definitely the most important quality a child can have. Sir Ken Robinson’s, (an international advisor on education) views on creativity in education will be discussed along with New Labour views which includes the National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education (NACCCE). The 1977 white paper, the open plan for schools, and the 2003 excellence and enjoyment strategy concepts will also be drawn on.
Creative Arts in early childhood education refers to children’s participation in a variety of activities that engage their minds, bodies and senses (Sinclair, Jeanneret & O’Toole, 2012; Kearns, 2017); to inspire all children with the opportunity for creative and imaginative expression. Duffy (2006) and Sinclair et al. (2012) state that creativity is the process where children use their imagination to problem solve, develop new ideas, independence and flexibility to accomplish tasks. Furthermore, when educators foster creativity, they are assisting children in making meaning through play and developing their growing capacity to communicate, collaborate and think critically to meet the demands of life in the 21st century (Duffy, 2006; Korn-Bursztyn, 2012; Sinclair et al., 2012).
... goal is for children to become productive citizens in the world. With this being said, it is easy to see why creativity in the classroom is essential to the development of the young child.
Which was one of the biggest obstacles of my life. I found that I worked very well with others, and it made me more confident about myself. It made me feel great. I had great ideas, and I even encouraged other people to come out of their shell. I learned that life's short, and you just need to accept yourself for who you are, and live life to the fullest, as best as you can. This to me was a huge significance, because it changed my ways on how i approach certain things now. I'm not afraid of
In early childhood, teachers guide children’s artistic learning, which is then supported by peers (Wright, 2003). This is known as the guided approach. In this approach, teachers reflect, explore and plan together possible way to extend children’s artistic knowledge and skills. Furthermore, activities are deliberately open-ended to foster divergent thinking and support the process instead of the product (Mills, 2014). Teaching creative arts provides children a mode of communication and a medium for representing the world (Wright, 2003). Since children learn through play, creative arts is a platform for children to interact socially, explore emotions and develop motor skills (Mills,