When our children were growing up they loved to create things. It changed as the years went by. Sometimes it was a drawing, or a fortune teller that their teacher had introduced to them, while other times it was an immense lego blocks creation. We still have some “creations” around our house that made an impact on our children and in turn on us. You may hear that children believe they aren’t creative but all students have different ability levels and also different levels of creativity. What is most important though is to continue to promote that creativity. You just never know what project or activity you ask your students to do that will spark a future “great interest”! We don’t know what that project will be or even the lesson that we deliver might be but continue to be as creative as you can and promote creativity in your class. It doesn’t matter what grade level you teach, just create!
Make projects that require your students to go beyond the books in your class. Explore the internet to retrieve information or talk to people in the community to expand your students’ worlds. A simple poem read in class could spark a world of cinematography in the future. I’ve used the poems of Jacques Prévert to expand students’ knowledge, French skills, and creativity. Often “open ended” projects turn out to be the most amazing pieces of student work! A couple of my students took the poem “Déjeuner du matin” by Jacques Prévert and created a video of the poem with a voice over in French. The emotion that they were able to portray in the video was exemplary and is a piece of student work that will always be in the back of my mind. Creativity is personal.
These are a couple of projects that I have made that will promote creativity for your students too!
Create and have fun! Create and shine!
Lorraine
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