Our Inquiry, Our Practice: Undertaking, Supporting, and Learning from Early Childhood Teacher Research(ers)

210 pages. Inspiring and supporting innovative thinkingYoung children have great capacity for creativity that thrives when it is nurtured. Early childhood teache rs have the opportunity to inspire children?s innovative thinking and doing by * Including creative opportunities across all domains of learning * Designing a beautiful space that encourages children?s experimentation and p lay * Extending children?s learning and challenging their thinking * D ocumenting children?s thought processes and displaying their work * Involv ing families and the community in children?s creative endeavors * Reflecti ng on your beliefs and practices about creativity and nurturing your own creativ ityLearn how to support children as they problem-solve, explore and share new ideas, and collaborate with others, and watch their confidence and capablen ess grow.