Creative Experiences of Children

Creative Experiences for Children 2(1+1)

Lesson 9 : Planning Creative Activities for Children

Factors influencing creativity

Young children learn many things not by being told but by constructing knowledge for themselves in interactions with physical world and with other children including through play activities. Each child posses some amount of creativity but appropriate opportunity give them a chance to play with ideas and materials, learning and practicing new forms of creative expressions. In a given situation each child expresses his/ her creativity in different ways. The factors influencing creativity have been categorized as background, psychological, organizational and personal variables.

1. Background Variables
2. Psychological variables
3. Organizational Variables
4. Personal variables