Boost Your Child’s Brainpower & Growth with Creative Play 

Dear Mom and Dad, what does creativity and creative play mean to you?

Creativity means thinking in new and fun ways to solve problems. It’s not only about art or music. There are lots of ways to engage in creative play, like making up stories or finding new ways to play. Creative play is very important for children. It helps them show who they are and learn about the world. By the time children are 5, their brains have had the majority of their development.

Find out why being creative is so important for little children. Think of creativity and creative play as a special vitamin, “Vitamin E,” that helps your preschooler’s brain grow strong and healthy.

Why Creativity Is Important for Preschoolers

1. Boosts Critical Thinking Skills: Creativity gets children to explore, ask questions, and link ideas together. This boosts their brain power, helping them think better and solve problems.
2. Helps With Feelings: Doing creative stuff lets children share their feelings safely. It helps them understand and manage their emotions, making them smarter about feelings.
3. Improves Talking and Sharing: Through fun activities like drawing, dancing, and playing pretend, children learn to share their thoughts and feelings. This helps them talk and share better with others.
4. Grows Independence: Being creative lets children make their own choices. This helps them feel more confident and able to do things on their own.
5. Makes Them Curious: Creativity is all about discovering and trying new things. It makes children more curious, eager to ask questions and find answers.
6. Gets Them Ready for the Future: The world keeps changing. Being creative now helps children get ready for new kinds of jobs and challenges they’ll face as they grow.
7. Encourages Collaboration: Many creative things we do with others teach us to work together and respect each other. This is great for making friends and working in teams.
8. Makes Learning Fun: Creativity turns learning into an adventure. Children who love being creative will love learning new things their whole life. This is one of the best parts of growing up creative.

How Creative Is Your Home for Your Little Genius?

Encouraging creativity at home provides a foundation for children to develop their problem-solving skills, emotional expression, and intellectual growth. Here are eight effective ways you can foster creativity in you children:

1. Make a Creative Corner: Find a little spot at home for being creative. It can be a small corner or even a box filled with art stuff like paper, markers, and crayons. This special spot is just for making art and having fun.
2. Play Without Rules: Give your children toys like blocks, dolls, and playdough. These toys don’t come with instructions, so your children can use their imagination to play any way they want.
3. Love Books and Stories: Read lots of books with your child. Encourage them to make up their own stories too. This is great for their imagination and helps them get better at speaking and writing stories.
4. Create Art Together: Spend time drawing, painting, or making crafts with your child. It shows them that being creative is fun. It’s all about having a good time, not making something perfect.
5. Enjoy Music and Dance: Turn on different kinds of music and dance around or sing together. Try making your own music with things you find at home. It’s a joyful way to share feelings and try out new sounds.
6. It’s Okay to Be Bored: Sometimes, not having anything to do can lead to the best ideas. If your child feels bored, it might help them think of fun, new ways to play or create something by using their imagination.
7. Keep Asking Questions: Ask your child lots of “What if” or “How could we” questions. This makes them think in new and interesting ways.
8. Cheer On Creativity: Show you’re interested in the things your child makes. Ask them to tell you about their art or to show off their music. Celebrating their creative work makes them feel proud and happy to keep creating.

How do teachers at ExcellED Montessori nurture creativity?

At ExcellED, we have a special creative curriculum for teaching preschoolers called edScription. It mixes great ideas from Montessori, Reggio Emilia, inquiry-based learning, and other cool ways of learning that focus on what each child needs. This mix helps children grow in all ways, turning them into smart thinkers, great problem solvers, and people who love to learn forever.

Learning by asking questions is what we love to do. It lets children be curious, dive into topics, and really get into what they’re learning. Adding creativity to this makes learning even better and fits just right with how young children grow and learn.

1. Fun Projects Every Month: Every month, we pick a fun question to explore, like “Do bugs go to preschool?” We then look for answers in creative ways—by making art, building models, or telling stories. This way, children get to use their imagination and curiosity to find out cool things.
2. Our Classroom Helps Us Learn: Our classrooms are set up to make everyone curious and want to create things. We have all sorts of materials ready for art, building, and designing so children can start making something whenever they have a great idea. This setup helps our brains learn better by doing and seeing.
3. Art is Part of Everything We Learn: We don’t just learn about art, music, drama, and dance by themselves. We use them to understand everything better, from science and math to reading and history. This helps us think in new and interesting ways and solve problems creatively.
4. Talking and Thinking Together: We love to talk about what we’re learning. Asking “What if?” or “Is there another way to do this?” helps us come up with creative ideas. It’s all about thinking differently and finding new solutions.
5. Keeping Track of Our Adventures: We write down or draw pictures of what we do and learn in special books. This helps us remember our creative journey and think about what we learned. It’s like keeping a diary of all the fun and interesting things we discover.

Together, Let’s Cultivate Creativity

Let’s embrace the mess, the experiments, and the joyous discoveries that come with nurturing creativity, for in these moments, we are not just guiding our children; we are learning alongside them, witnessing the incredible unfolding of their potential. Let’s supercharge your preschooler’s growth with creativity.

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Programs offered at ExcellED Montessori Plus include:

✔️Infants (10 Weeks – 18 Months)
✔️Toddlers (18 – 36 Months)
✔️Primary (3-6 Years)
✔️Kindergarten
✔️Mother’s Day Out
✔️Spanish Immersion / Dual Language
✔️After School Programs and Summer Camp (6 – 12 Years)
Music, Spanish, and Yoga are other programs included as part of the tuition.
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