Christmas is a great time to develop creative skills. A time for families, especially those home educating, to extend this part of education. Parents sometimes ask if creative work is really educational. It is in that it develops essential mental and practical skills which can be transferred to other educational tasks and an education that lacks creative development is not complete. (See this post for more on the subject). Our creative industries are essential to world growth; when you think about it, every piece of equipment or technology you ve ever used has been created by someone. (Article here on creative education by the artist Bob and Roberta Smith) Those with innovative ideas are those who make the world progress. So Arts subjects should not be dismissed and Christmas is an excellent time to extend creative thinking. Creative thinking makes you resourceful – a useful skill in education and challenging economic times! Here are a few suggestions for creative resourcefulness:
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:43:26 +0000
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