Why is it Important to Have Creativity in the Classroom?

It’s important to have creativity in classrooms because it allows children to engage in learning by imagination. Also, doing creative learning techniques allows the children to take in the information that they have learnt. Creativity in the classroom allows children to express themselves and get their creative juices flowing. Some creative activities can include children drawing pictures, painting and making different things. Creativity can also help children learn because you can use different activities to create items which reflect the story or the subject which the children are learning about. One example of this is when I worked in a primary school the children we’re reading a book called Flat Stanley and the children ended up making a life size version of him. This made them get more involved with the literature because they had to take in account what Flat Stanley looked like. They had to find out what he wore, what colour hair he had, if his clothes were one colour or patterned. Another example of the children being creative is when they were learning about the romans they made roman coins, shields, swords and helmets. I think creativity is an important feature in a classroom because it gets children to engage in the subject they’re learning and gets their imagination going.