The Really Useful Creativity Book

Download or read book The Really Useful Creativity Book written by Dominic Wyse and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is creativity and how do we teach it? The Really Useful Creativity Book provides approaches and ideas that will enable children to develop their creativity. Written for the primary school teacher, student or trainee teacher, the book shows you how creativity can flourish in your classroom. With examples of practice included throughout, the issues covered include: everyday creativity – ideas to get started on straight away planning – with ideas for cross-curricular planning, and many other ways to plan for creativity creativity and the environment – starting with the classroom and school, then going further afield creative Partnerships – working with other people to stimulate children’s creativity the drama of creativity – showing how teachers can adopt the mantle of the expert thinking about creativity – thinking skills for your children, and ways of thinking for you. This lively, stimulating book will help busy teachers working with the National Curriculum to develop children’s creativity.