Follow the authors of Creativity in Young Children on a journey of curiosity as they unlock the secrets of creativity, deepening understanding of the “what” of creativity, its connections to child development, and how it shapes and is shaped by the people, communities, and world around us. Creativity is so critical to the way humans grow and learn that it should be at the center and not the periphery of early childhood education. When you nurture creativity and original ideas in children, you are providing them with everything they need for cognitive and social emotional learning. The authors organized what they learned into seven Big Ideas about creativity:
"From its very first pages, Creativity in Young Children felt like a triumph—one that . . . let me slow down and not worry so much. With its generous mix of research and practical advice, it’s a guidebook for what Fred Rogers called “our job in life”: encouraging young children to discover, and express, the things that make them them.” — from the forward by Ryan Rydzewski