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Think about the word "creativity;" what does it mean to you? Can you think of a time when you thought totally "outside the box" or asked yourself, "Am I Creative?" What about when you were younger, did you love imaginative play? What about drawing, painting or making play-dough masterpieces? During our days of to-do lists and hurried moments, how wonderful it would be to have moments to treat our mind as a playground and think freely and creatively.

有些人认为创造力是寻找公开表达自己的方法，没有判断。当成年人对自己表达并根据他们的个人经历和感情创造和探索事物时，他们更能够支持幼儿来做同样的事情。创造性并不意味着你需要成为一个着名的艺术家或伟大的厨师。创造性意味着你是开放的表达自己，并调查周围的世界。它也意味着你的工作要找到一种新的和更好的回答问题或解决问题。做白日梦，规划，改变 - 创造力可以在日常生活中以不同的方式显示所有人。

Below are possible ideas you might consider if you're finding yourself in need of creativity:

• Ask yourself, "What if…?" as opposed to saying "I don't know." or "I can't."
• 采取不同的路线来工作或听取不同的无线电台或音乐。
• Exercise to gain fresh, new ideas - physical activity can help stimulate new thought patterns!
• Read books or watch programs about people whose creativity you admire.

什么是创造力？

考虑以下意见，这些意见是关于创造力或创造性的个人：

在阅读上述报价时，何种单词脱颖而出？如何定义创造力或创意个人？

As you can see, creativity has different meanings for different people. However, creativity is a trait that exists in everyone! Dr. Michael Kirton demonstrated through his research that all humans are born with unique, creative ways; this is a disposition we can nurture and cultivate. We must simply understand that one person’s approaches to creativity differ from others; we are all unique. Therefore, it is important to begin thinking about “how” an individual is creative rather than “if” an individual is creative (Cropley, 2001).

According to school technology consultant Doug Johnson (2012), creativity can be demonstrated in a number of ways:

• As writers, presenters, and storytellers
• 作为数字问题 - 解决方案
• 作为通过绘画，绘画，雕塑，摄影和设计的图形艺术家
• As athletes and dancers kinesthetically
• As musicians creating new works, performing, and conducting
• 作为所有媒体的幽默主义者
• As team-builders and collaborators
• As problem-solvers
• As inventors and systems innovators
• 作为组织，激励和激励的领导者
• As excuse-makers

At the end of the Learn section, download and print the handout创造性地说要访问视频链接以观看并聆听一些伟大的思想家分享他们对创造力的看法。

婴儿和幼儿的创造力

For infants and toddlers, creativity is about active exploration, self-expression, and experimentation supported within the context of nurturing and responsive relationships. While young infants cannot cut with scissors or create their own short story, they can actively engage in exploration of their environment using all of their senses to learn how things work, taste, smell, feel, and sound.

Infants imitate the facial expressions and actions they see from their adult caregivers. They remember a lot of what they see, feel, and hear. As they get older and their skills are further developed, you will notice infants and toddlers reenacting their experiences. For example, an infant who drinks from a bottle while being cradled and gently rocked by her caregiver, may later hold a doll and pretend to feed the doll using a bottle.

老年人和幼儿受益于他们不断增长的身体和语言技能，这些技能支持他们的想象力和创造力。他们展示纯粹焦点的时刻，因为他们探索地点，结合材料并试用他们的新想法。您可能会看到一个幼儿，例如，在玩动物时唱歌和跳舞或使用不同的声音。

创造力in infants and toddlers is supported through nurturing and responsive relationships. With this type of care, infants and toddlers feel safe to explore their environments freely and use their imaginations. They learn to trust that their caregivers will value and accept the ways they express themselves and experiment with their new ideas. Below is a chart that highlights different behaviors you might see from infants and toddlers that are related to creativity:

创造力，积极探索和探究的重要性

婴儿和幼儿从他们所做的一切中学习。他们是自然好奇的，有一个探索和发现的驱动器。凭借适量的支持和鼓励，婴儿和幼儿探讨并成为好奇，创造性和冒险学习者的安全。

As infants and toddlers explore, their goals remain simple – learn about the world by exploring and taking advantage of the opportunities available in the moment. Infants and toddlers strive to understand how things work and what they can make things do. The process of creating is more important than the product or end result. There is no right or wrong when creating.

Infants and toddlers must have the opportunity to imitate and create moments that reflect their own experiences, thoughts and feelings. By nurturing their natural curiosity and offering opportunities to engage in a variety of creative experiences and activities, you are helping build skills for infants and toddlers who will become able to:

• Share ideas and express themselves verbally and nonverbally - listening to stories and playing imaginary games helps support communication skills
• 例如，表达思想和感受 - 例如，假装为幼儿的竞争，为幼儿提供了一个他们想要的人，他们所看到和学到的练习技巧，并探索不同的情感
• Problem solve - researchers found that children who are imaginative when they're young tend to maintain this quality as they get older and become better problem solvers
• 建立关系,与其他的关系rs

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造成创造力：婴儿和幼儿。

Do

There are many things you can do to show infants and toddlers that you recognize and appreciate their creativity:

• 在婴儿和幼儿的目光接触和微笑。
• Provide opportunities for open-ended discovery, exploration and experimentation - encourage their efforts as part of the process. For example, allow toddlers to play with blocks however they want rather than encouraging them to build specific structures.
• Describe their creativity and what you notice. For example, point as an infant looks in a mirror and say, "There you are! There is Sally's beautiful face!"
• Talk and share with infants and toddlers what you hear, see, etc. as you walk around the room or while outdoors. "You turned your head and looked toward the tree. Yes, there is a bird chirping a song for us. I hear it, too."
• Offer infants and toddlers as much time as needed for their ideas, exploration and responses.

Completing this Course

有关本课程中预期的更多信息，创造性表达Competency Reflection, and a list of the accompanying Learn, Explore and Apply resources and activities offered throughout the lessons, visit the Infant & Toddler Creative ExpressionCourse Guide。

Please note the References & Resources section at the end of each lesson outlines reference sources and resources to find additional information on the topics covered. As you complete lessons, you are not expected to review all the online references available. However, you are welcome to explore the resources further if you have interest, or at the request of your trainer, coach, or administrator.