Elements and Performance Criteria
- Elements define the essential outcomes.
- Foster creativity through the physical environment
- Select and promote the use of a range of open-ended, natural and found materials and make them available to children
- Choose and promote the use of a range of materials to encourage creative expression and make them accessible to children
- Introduce children to a range of examples of creative expression in art, architecture, inventions, music and dance, and promote the use of creative expression
- Foster creativity through the human environment
- Support children to feel a sense of ownership and responsibility for equipment and materials
- Role-model creativity by improvising with equipment and materials
- Encourage children to pursue their own original ideas, interpretations and expressions
- Invite children to ask questions and assist them to find their own answers
- Engage children in talking about their creations and ask them open-ended questions
- Share enthusiasm for creative work with children
- Encourage children to respect and appreciate the creative effort of their peers
- Foster creativity through a learning framework
- Allow time for children to be creative and encourage efforts to extend over days or weeks
- Teach children techniques when using materials and equipment
- Plan and create opportunities for children to collaborate creatively with each other
- Involve children in critical reflection and solving real problems
- Display children’s work in meaningful ways
- Design a flexible framework that can respond to children’s interests as they arise
- Provide experiences
- Evaluate experiences