Being able to effectively promote creativity and creative learning in young children is a key skill which has now been re-appraised by the revised EYFS as a specific area of learning.
While the detailed study of this important topic is in an optional unit in the Level 3 Diploma, its significance is recognised with a value of five credits and graded at Level 4.
According to Gail Shenton, deputy to the partners at the Jancett Group and JACE Training, this unit is important because children need the freedom to explore different ways of expressing themselves and their feelings.
'Creativity is not just about art and painting and drawing pictures of mummy and daddy,' she says. 'Being creative means expressing yourself through a range of different mediums.
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