Early Years Foundation Stage Documentation (EYFS)

The word “creative” can mean so many aspects of a child’s development. I will be looking at why creative development is an important part of children’s play and why it should be funded by the government. I will show how I support creative learning within my setting and allow children to go beyond their expectations. I will look at what links creative development has with the Early Years Foundation Stage documentation (EYFS) and how children reflect on their own learning through creative play. Children’s learning begins from early age and sets the foundations for their future learning and development
Creative development is provided within settings through role play, music, dance and messy activities. Creativity can stem to a range of other things to, such as problem solving, knowledge
Babies use the senses to acquire the skills of play they explore by using their hands and eyes.
Piaget suggested that children gradually learn to understand the properties of the objects that they played with – whether they are hard or soft, or big or small; whether the have a right or a wrong way up; whether their shape changes or stays the same; whether they taste or smell good, and so on. Penn. H, (2005) ‘Understanding Early Childhood Issues and Controversies’, London.
Babies learn so much from exploratory play and we as practitioners provide them with a safe and secure place to do this. We let the children take risks which they may not be able to do at home such as having out glass jars or blunt cutlery, pasta and other exciting and interesting objects in which they can play with and learn from. Children are more likely to learn through play if you make it exciting for them and you help in supporting their