Creative Experiences of Children

Creative Experiences for Children 2(1+1)

Lesson 8 : Methods of Teaching Creativity

Rationale for Fostering Creativity

Creativity is important

1. For complete mental health
2. To help the child to grow into a completely functioning individual
3. Creative thinking contributes substantially to acquisition of knowledge and various educational skills.
4. For outstanding vocational success. Creativity is outstanding vocational characteristic of highly successful persons almost in all fields.
5. For future civilized society: our very survival depends upon the quality of creative imagination of next generation.