Unit CYP30 – Support the creativity of children and young people
|Unit |Learning outcome(s) |Assessment criteria |Questions |
|CYP30 |1 |1.1 |Explain evidence, approaches and theories about the benefits of creativity for |
| | | |the well being of children and young people. |
|Answer |
|Friedrich Froebel (1782 – 1852) centred on Creativity as one of his four principles when developing his philosophy of education. He |
|encouraged imaginary play and gave the idea that children think at their highest level when they play imaginatively –for example when |
|involved in imaginary play, he identified that children substituted one object for another and could pretend for example that a ball was|
|the sun (symbolic play). Froebel philosophies are still at the heart of learning and play today – he invented toys many of which feature |
|in the play groups and nurseries of today, eg. Wooden blocks and coloured shapes. Froebel also pioneered activities that help with motor |
|skills such as manipulation of clay, string or plasticine, he also encouraged rhyme and music and putting actions and words to music. |
|Froebel encouraged what we today know as ‘free play’. |
|Rudolf Steiner (1861 – 1925) believed that children should not be forced into learning before they are ready and that they should learn |
|for the pleasure of learning. He believed that children should be encouraged to spend time drawing and story telling and be exposed to |
|nature to promote...