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‘12 ways to encourage creativity in children’ on the Clever Tykes website

Creativity can be nurtured and it is often a way of thinking rather than an innate talent. Most of the people we might describe as creative are probably individuals who have worked incredibly hard at their craft and practiced specific skills.

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This resource from the Starcatchers website provides a series of creative skills online podcasts talking to different artists about their practice and favourite ideas to use with early years.
This article is titled ‘Creative representation: the child’s unique response to experience’ and is from the Birth to 5 matters website.
This article from The Creation Station looks at the ‘Top ten tips to increase creativity in the classroom’. Read through the article and make notes on the things you can use in your role.
This article looks at ‘Encouraging teenagers’ learning and creativity’. Rather than the charter school that this American website, Higher Ed Tech Decisions, suggests, research what local full or part time courses might be available in your local area e.g. gaming clubs, art classes for home educated children.

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