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Earlyarts supports all professionals to enable their children's potential to be reached. Using creative approaches, early educators can find out so much more about their children and help to meet their needs, and nurture their interests, in real and powerful ways. Find out more at www.earlyarts.co.uk
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Enabling all our children to reach their potential
An award winning membership network for people working creatively with children and families in
the early years, arts and cultural sectors.
Lightstream by Richard Tomlinson and Take Art
Earlyarts ValuesWe believe in…
• Children as intelligent human beings in their own right.• The importance of nurturing children’s creative potential.• The transformational ways in which creative environments can help
children develop.• The power of collaboration to spark ideas.• Empowering professionals to have confidence in their own creative
leadership skills.• The importance of families in supporting children’s play.• Rigor, research and quality in all creative practice.• Our collective and individual responsibility towards children.
Earlyarts - Empowering Professionals to be confident and creative
Earlyarts Services
Benefits of Membership• Creative training - become more confident and skilled• Showcase and share your creative Ideas – be inspired at work• Powerful and like-minded community - have a voice and feel
the support of an influential organisation.• Relevant information, research and analysis - stay current and
make informed decisions.• Build your professional networks - connect with the right
people who understand and sustain your work• Practical, high quality resources - create the very best learning
environment for your children.• Knowledge of how children learn through creativity - build
your understanding of what works and why
Creativity in the EYFS helps children...• Become confident and motivated individuals • Emotional well being and good mental health• Respectful and positive relationships• Active and critical learners - sustained shared thinking• Communication skills, expressing their feelings,
emotions, thoughts and ideas• Experiment with new ideas, techniques and materials • Develop their own sense of identity and individuality• Collaborate with others through group activities• Develop a critical sense by questioning, making choices• Having fun, celebrating their own cultures• Develop physical, sensory and motor skills
Will our practice help our children to become their most creative?
Reaching our greatest potential
Bernadette Duffy
By encouraging creativity and imagination, we are promoting children’s ability to explore and comprehend their world and increasing their opportunities to make new connections and reach new understandings.
Supporting Creativity and Imagination in the Early Years (1998)
our children are amazing