EDU 551-CHILDRENS CREATIVE EXPRESSION Unit 4- Children’s Imagination.

EDU 551-CHILDRENS CREATIVE

EXPRESSION

Unit 4- Children’s Imagination

INTRODUCTION

Children have curiosity and imagination enhance

creativity and their ability to think

Inject stimulus to multiply their imagination what

they learn becomes more meaningful

Children need to understand in advance how

objects around them work so that the process of

imitation can be applied to their artwork

CHILDREN’S IMAGINATION

Children learn through their senses, feelings and imaginations

According to Mayesky(2012), one way to help children think more

creatively is to get them to “make things better with their imagination”

The imagination of young children are highly developed and

frequently used in play and art

A dog can be as big as a bear, house can be a castle fill with jewels

and a special can be invincible

The imaginary life of a child is powerful and sways their perceptions

of the real world until they master adult rationally and logic

SYMBOLIC THINKING

In piaget’s stage of cognitive development in children, preoperational thought is

characterized by the use of symbols to represent objects and relationships among

them

Examples of symbolic thought are pretend play, drawing, writing, and speaking

Symbol systems allow children to invent, create, think, reinvent, a never-ending

cycle of thought and creation

Symbolic play is when a child assimilates a concrete object with a scheme which

already exists for a familiar object(Ginsgerg, 79)

For examples, as children, many people pretend to be rock stars and use a

household broom as a guitar

THE USE OF TOOLS, MEDIA AND TECHNIQUES

In artistic expression, a painter needs one canvas, brush and

color. Children also need to be supplied with the appropriated

tools to gain their imaginative stimulus

The easiest thing is to provide paper and crayons and children

are given the freedom to communicate using their own creativity• A variety of tools and media• Basic tools• Picture• Video recording and use of ICT• Experience with idea

FINISH…