Creativity will flourish best in the youngest children without a lot of adult planning and purpose-built resources, says Jennie Lindon
Creative development for children is only partly about exploration with arts and crafts. As enjoyable as those activities can be, we also want our under-threes to develop the flair of creativity in how they approach play resources and experiences. The sense of 'what will happen if...?', 'Will it happen again?' and 'How come that happened?' are building blocks for confident young children. We want them to be keen to find out for themselves, as much from when something does not go as planned as when it has gone smoothly.
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