Where Creativity and the Future Begin: An International Earlyarts Conference
Conference Dates: 14th - 15th May 2010, Pennsylvannia Conference Centre
Conference Vision: To explore what the impacts of creative practice are on the lives and
learning of young children, and to share ways of achieving this.
The conference will be exploring three main areas in more detail:
1. Recognising and Harnessing Creativity
- What does creativity look like and what are our expectations?
- How can we recognise a creative idea or moment in children's play, and then capture it?
- How do we provide the physical, emotional, social and cultural environment sto nurture those creative moments?
- How do we build small creative projects into the mainstream to improve wider early years practice?
- How do artists and teachers collaborate etter with each other?
- How can we make better use of observation, reflection & review?
- How do we respond creatively to children's different needs?
- How do we address the skills development that is needed to enable all early childhood professionals to work creatively?
- How do we include creative professionals in the planning, design and delivery of training for early years professionals?
- How do we transfer creative skills and knowledge from artists to teachers?
This conference is aimed at both early years and arts professionals working with children from birth to six. The format will be highly practical, with several opportunities to share experiences, try out new approaches, develop hands-on skills, discuss issues that are important to you, and meet some incredible people from across the region as well as international colleagues. Come with an open mind, and be prepared to have a lot of fun!
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