Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Early Childhood Education (ICECE-6 2021)

Developing Children’s Creativity Through the Art of Crafts

Authors
Farida Mayarmayarfarida@gmail.com
1Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Padang
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Available Online 20 June 2022.
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10.2991/assehr.k.220602.007How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Developing Early Childhood; Creativity; Craft; Arts
Abstract

Art is a process of providing an individual the opportunity to develop creativity. Art in early childhood education is a medium for knowing and understanding of the world around. Through art children have full opportunities to be actively involved by exploring and expressing their understanding in the fun ways. Children’s freedom in expression is the main key that supports the growth of creativity. Therefore, teachers and parents should provide the freedom of expression and let children produce their works freely according to their ideas and creating innovation. Craft art is part of art activities that stimulate child creativity. Craft art is an activity that produces works of art using hands through various art media. In this craft media, children can identify, build connect their knowledge, interests and experiences. Craft art can provide a very broad opportunity for children to experiment and produce a new thing using all of their senses. Craft art can have positive influences on child’s aspects of development including self-concept development, collaborative skills, cultural identity and appreciation. The creation of children make in the craft art is a reflection of ideas, imagination, critical thinking skills, problem solving, knowledge and experience

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Early Childhood Education (ICECE-6 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
20 June 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-584-8
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220602.007How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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