Creative Skills Online is Starcatchers’ suite of free resources for the Early Learning and Childcare workforce in Scotland.
For 2021/22, we are offering a range of online resources to improve your creative confidence and spark inspiration, including our podcast, Reflective Practice sheets, videos, Wee Inspirations and live Creative Chats.
Catch up with all the episodes from the first series of our podcast!
Learn all about taking a schematic approach to the expressive arts in early years!
We spoke to Rhona Matheson, Pearl Kinnear, Amy Hall-Gibson, Charlotte Allan, Skye Reynolds, Dr. Rachel Drury and Donna Nicol about how to measure impact from creative delivery.
We spoke to Charlotte Allan and Amy Hall-Gibson about how creative experiences can support emotional wellbeing and literacy in early years children.
Welcome to our new Agony Artist series – where each month we’ll be answering your questions about using the expressive arts with young children! We’re kicking off with the question – how do I know the arts make a difference?
Welcome to our new Agony Artist series – where each month we’ll be answering your questions about using the expressive arts with young children! This week, our top tips for exploring books and storytelling with wee ones.
Welcome to our new Agony Artist series – where each month we’ll be answering your questions about using the expressive arts with young children! This month, join us for ideas about emotional wellbeing and literacy in the lead up to Christmas!
Fun, creative ideas to engage little ones at home without a lot of kit, stress, nor pressure to ‘achieve’ anything.
This experience is all about finding examples of rhythm from your surroundings, e.g. a ticking clock or a noisy washing machine. Or, if you're outside, a pedestrian crossing or birdsong.
Grab some big paper and some objects you don't mind getting painty - sticks, blocks, tubs etc and start tapping a tempo or rhythm. Add squirts of paint to see what patterns emerge as you play.
The point of a tin can drum is to reuse old recycling to make an instrument that has loads of different sounds for wee ones to explore.