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Question: Importance of Creativity and Play Based Learning Purpose: Creativity is a vital 21" Century and life skill. This assignment will help students articulate and explore the importance of creative thinking and play-based learning in the early childhood education. Throughout the semester in EDU 151, Creative Activities, students learned about early childhood environments and activities that promote critical thinking, decision making, and creativity across developmental domains (physical, social-emotional, cognitive, language) and content areas (literacy, math, science, social studies, etc.). Students write child directed activities plans that align with NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development and promote play-based learning. Assignment:

Read 21 Century Learning for Early Childhood (attached). This resource will give you a better understanding of how the concepts we have discussed in this course support 21 Century Skills in young children. Reflect on your reading assignments and other course content along with 21 Century Learning for Early Childhood. Write a 1 % to 2-page essay about why creativity, play based learning and a whole child approach to teaching is important. Address the following in your essay:

What are 21 century skills? Why is creativity and play based learning important and how can you promote creativity and play based learning in early childhood? What have you learned this semester and how will you use it as an early childhood educator? This assignment meets the following EDU 151 student learning outcome: Identify the characteristics of a developmentally appropriate indoor/outdoor creative environment