Children’s creativity is the most important form of self-expression. For a child, being able to express themselves openly and without any judgment is not only satisfying but also fulfilling. The creative experiences that the children have during their first five years of life can significantly enhance the development of their creativity.

Creative experiences can help children express and cope with their feelings while assisting us to learn more about what they may be thinking or feeling. It also assists with showing the children problem solving skills and new ways of thinking.

So, with all these benefits to creative arts, we as a leading childcare centre in Gold Coast are reluctant to be drawn into the craft and structured art concept. Having the demand for an ‘end product’ often stifles creativity and when we use a template or model, we rob the children of the opportunity to create their own art, entirely from their own imagination and experiences.

So, you won’t see any template art here at our early education centre. We also limit adult structured art e.g. ‘the handprint that is cut out and made into a bird’. Whilst these items are much loved keepsakes that families often look for, the message that they are giving to the child is ‘I need to make mine just like that otherwise I am not good enough’. For some children this is difficult to do.

At our early childhood education centre, we believe in giving the children access to art, a multitude of items to create art and then let them do it the way they want to do it…. This is how creativity is fostered.

Being an efficient early learning centre in Southport, we also believe that offering you a piece of art that is created solely by your child carries more value than a production line driven generic copy of a model piece of craft.

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