Creative work is an important element in stimulating the cognitive activity of children. Each teacher in his daily practice wants to successfully solve his main task - to arouse interest in his subject, keeping within the framework of the lesson. And also to present the material in a unique and original way. Creative works can become a reliable help in this difficult task.
Individual characteristics of children
All students are different and their ability to memorize, concentrate, update the material is very different. The speed of thinking, dynamic features, working capacity are different for everyone. And besides, they can vary depending on the state of he alth and mentality of the student, time of day and day of the week. The teacher cannot ignore the features of individuality, and ideally, he should put them at the service of the educational process. And, most importantly, not to suppress those fragile sprouts of the child's interest in learning, which, no doubt, are present ineach.
Creative work as a pedagogical technique
To stimulate children's interest in the subject, you need to use different elements of innovative learning technologies. Such as problem methods, project tasks, as well as writing creative works on a chosen topic.
They can become an optional task or serve as a form of control. You can invite students to choose exactly how - in pairs, groups or individually - the creative work should be done. At home, children can prepare illustrations for their assignment. Or take advantage of the possibilities of computer presentations, if they already freely use IT technologies in education. There are many options for creative work: this is a poetic presentation, and a fantastic story, and inventing puzzles, and a debate in a playful way, and making collages. The most creative guys can offer their own options. Creative work unobtrusively contributes to the repetition and consolidation of the material. Students spontaneously begin to discuss their views on what they have learned, which becomes a great exercise in eloquence, as well as an additional test of literacy.
Creative work as a unique activity of a group of students
Free-form assignments can help the most repressed and reticent class members to loosen up and let go of their imagination. The development of logical and figurative thinking is only one of the many positive results that such work gives. The creative environment promotes the cooperation of children, has a positive effect on relationships in the team. Many endowed with hidden talents get a chance to shine. On the example of the analysis of other people's work, students understand that it is not necessary to judge creative impulses too strictly and that criticism should be as constructive as possible. The most successful samples can be selected for the collection, which can later be used as visual material. Interdisciplinary thinking develops very well with the help of creative work. A story about the adventure of cellular organelles or a poem about the sides of a triangle will encourage the student to study both subjects with increased attention. And subsequently, both improved academic performance and the result of creativity will become a reason for pride and self-respect.
