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

By Sonia Akiko Yoshizawa

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938113217
• ISBN13: 9781938113215
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: National Association for the Education of You
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.8"