As a Training & Curriculum Specialist, you ensure that the children in your program are offered creative experiences that nurture their curiosity and overall development. You will learn how to help staff plan creative experiences and become more familiar with process and product-oriented activities. Your role in helping staff design creative spaces and how to promote creativity in your workplace will also be addressed.
Creative Expression
Lessons
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1
Creativity: An Introduction
Creativity is an important part of the human experience. From infancy through adulthood, we flex our creativity when we solve problems, brainstorm solutions, explore our surroundings, and think in flexible ways. This lesson will introduce you to the role of creativity in child development and provide a brief overview of creativity for children and adults.
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Cultivating Creativity and Innovation: Experiences and Activities
In the previous lesson, you learned about materials and environments that promote creativity. In this lesson, you will learn about the importance of experiences and activities. Children learn through interactions, so interactions are a critical way to promote creativity. You will learn about the distinction between process and product and you will learn how to help staff members plan creative experiences.
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Cultivating Creativity and Innovation: Environments and Materials
Spaces and materials are powerful drivers of creativity. Children and adults benefit from spaces that are well organized with a variety of materials intentionally selected to promote creativity. This lesson will provide an overview of creative materials and spaces. You will learn about ways to work with staff members to design spaces that build creativity.
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Fostering a Creative Workplace
Throughout this course, you have learned about the importance of creativity for children and adults. This lesson will provide specific strategies to help you nurture creativity among staff members in your program. You will learn to model creativity and respond to common staff characteristics related to creativity.
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