Creative Activity

Creative Activity.

If you asked 10 people what creativity meant to them – you would probably get 10 different answers. It means different things to different people and can be defined in lots of different ways.

Equine therapy South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

For the purposes of the Creative Minds Strategy, the Trust has defined creativity in the broadest sense to take into account not only the contribution of the arts but also participation in sports and other physical, therapeutic and leisure activities that can promote health and wellbeing.
Creativity in our Trust defines anything that uses a creative approach to achieve better health outcomes.

Rock climbing South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Examples of creative activity taking place in the Trust include:

Digital photography

Dance therapy
Life story work
Music groups and DJing
Bibliotherapy

Horticulture and gardening Horticultural therapy South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Visits from performing artists
Walking groups
Woodwork and joinery
Archery
Art groups
Drama
Football
Exhibitions
Creative writing
Sculpture and modelling Art for Wellbeing South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Cricket
Knitting and sewing

Creative activities help to spark your child’s natural curiosity and create their own journey of exploration, discovery and developments. What’s more, it’s great fun!
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Creative activities help to spark your child’s natural curiosity and create their own journey of exploration, discovery and developments. What’s more, it’s great fun!

The award-winning Creation Station have inspired over a million kids and adults since 2002 through fun, educational art and craft classes, parties and events. The activities have been rated 5-Star and are available across the UK.

Based on research and practical experience, here are the top 10 benefits on engaging in creative activities
1. Hand & Eye Co-ordination: Learning to develop fine motor skills takes practice. Whether it’s learning to hold a pencil, mark making or scissor skills, creative activities help to develop your child’s proprioceptive input, dexterity and tactility. This also helps your child to compare different materials.
2. Inspire Imagination: “Imagination is more important than knowledge” (Albert Einstein). When you nurture your child’s imagination you help to nurture their creativity and they grow as an individual. This helps with all areas of learning, enhances their wellbeing and self-development.
3. Physical Development: In a world where children are exposed to screens at an increasingly early age, helping your child develop their hand and finger strength is vitally important. When your child creates models, manipulates clay or uses their fingers to make marks, this helps to develop their hand and finger strength. Creative activity also supports the development of your child’s movement, balance and spatial awareness.

4. Sensory Development: Your child makes sense of their world by taking in information from their many senses. Being involved in creative activities helps your child to develop their observation skills, ability to listen to instructions, explore different textures, recognize different smells and gain an understanding of their world.
Sensory play can help your child's development
5. Logic: Overcoming challenges is part of life’s journey. Creative activities help your child to think, make connections and work things out for themselves. To FAIL is the ‘First Attempt in Learning’ and creative activities provide a wonderful way for your child to think and to try out different solutions to achieve what they want. Activities help your child to sort, organise and analyse information, problem solve, and make connections.