ABSTRACT

This book explores creative development in babies and shows how practitioners can support even the youngest child’s natural curiosity and help them to develop their ideas, thoughts and feelings. It provides engaging, cost-effective and achievable activity ideas to support the developing creative mind, covering the outdoors; communication and language; and personal, social, emotional and physical development.

Including discussion boxes, case studies and reflective points in every chapter, Day offers guidance and insight into key topics and well-known theories, including

  • how and why to facilitate creativity,
  • adult-baby relationships and attachment,
  • the environment and resources that enable creativity and
  • outdoor exploration and play.

Discover Creativity with Babies is a wonderful guide for early years practitioners looking to support and cultivate the curious and creative side to every child, however they may choose to express it.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

part |120 pages

Part 1

chapter 101|6 pages

What is creativity?

chapter 2|20 pages

Facilitating creativity and why it matters

chapter 3|16 pages

Pioneering influences

chapter 4|14 pages

Adult and baby relationships

chapter 6|22 pages

Resourcing for a creative baby room

chapter 7|20 pages

Exploring outdoors

part |50 pages

Part 2

chapter 1308|6 pages

Let the babies play: Invitations

chapter 9|10 pages

Discover personal, social and emotional

chapter 10|12 pages

Discover communication and language

chapter 11|10 pages

Discover physical

chapter 12|10 pages

Discover outdoors