Simply providing creative opportu-nities and materials enables creating the self through play. The following three sections describe tools for creating self through play and creativ-ity: Social emotional …

This paper argues that the positive impact that creativity has on the learning and attainment of children and young people is because creative learning develops the executive functions of the brain.

Creative learning at the individual level involves a creative combinatorial process (Rothenberg, 2015), whereby new and personally meaningful understanding results from blending what is previously …

And, (here comes that big secret we mentioned earlier!), weaving creativity into your content is only one component in a bigger model for creative teaching and learning.

Chapter 1, Understanding Children’s Creative Thought and Expression, contains new figures, Imagination in Children’s Drawings, which is illustrated with Head Start students’ artwork, and How …

This section will look at factors that will support the planning and delivery of the creative area of learning and give the practitioner some questions to consider within individual settings.

Creative teachers and other practitioners report the many positive outcomes that young people gain from creative learning. But systematic evidence for the wider benefits of creative learning is less strong.