Creativity is a human capacity that nobody lacks, but that everybody has in a minor or greater degree, and that can be manifested in any activity. It does not arise in a spontaneous way, it is fostered by a formation process from the earliest ages, and it is essential to the acquisition and the use of knowledge and a series of abilities.

In the younger years the work at the Early Childhood Center is centered in the creative work, in which one gives the child more and more complex tasks that require of him an interest and a preoccupation to create beautiful things, but this activity must be rich, especially in representations.

When one invites a young child to observe the world, he analyzes, compares, assimilates and internalizes what is perceived that, then, becomes in images part of his experience.

Creativity can also be developed in the child through activities of artistic education, then we will be developing the artistic creation in any of its manifestations, but in fact, creativity can be taught in any activity.

ACTIVITY No 1
"FAMOUS PAINTERS"

Summary of the activity: The activity is about teaching the children to appreciate the life and the work of famous creators like Pablo Picasso and Francisco de Goya. Later they will play a game of riddles, called "The great creators."

Objectives:
• To teach the children to appreciate works of famous creators.
• To form the first notions of why we called them creative.

Procedures:
• Observation
• Conversation
• Appreciation

Material Resources: Pictures of paintings and photos of the creators.

Development of the activity:
1st Part
The educator will explain to the children that we consider creative those who create a work that is useful for the others, which can be a painting, a sculpture, a song, an engraving, if we will speak about cultural works. It can also be a pretty house, a useful machine for everybody, a good tool, in brief something valuable and useful for a great number of people.

The educator will talk to the children about outstanding painters because they were very creative, and whose works of art remained for always as part of the universal cultural heritage. Francisco de Goya and Pablo Picasso, among other many.

We will talk to them about the life and work of Francisco de Goya and Lucientes, who was born in Fuendetodos (Zaragoza, Spain). His artistic formation began when he was fourteen years old, when he began to attend the workshop of the painter Jose de Luzan (The photo of Goya will be shown).

From his creations we can mention La Maja Vestida and La Maja Desnuda, among others of his famous paintings (The teacher will show pictures of paintings by Goya).

Goya is considered as one of the great creators of the universal culture because his paintings are known and admired throughout the world for their great beauty and the expression of the feelings of their creator.

Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga. Son of a drawing professor, he demonstrated from a very small age a great ability for drawing and painting. His childhood took place between Malaga and Corunna, cities where his father was sent. (A photo of Picasso will be shown).

When he was a teenager his family moved to Barcelona, where he received classes of drawing, which he combined with others of painting in Madrid. It was then that he began to paint.

One of his most famous works is Guernica. (A photo of the painting will be shown). The educator can add other painters.

2nd Part
In this part of the activity the educator will teach the children to appreciate the works of these creators, always emphasizing why they are creative people.

The educator will choose a painting of Goya and will teach the children to appreciate it, that is, he will show its pictorial values to them but with simple words, without technical language (The painting will be shown).

Later he will speak to them about the Guernica. Picasso painted this fantastic work using only three colours: white, black and grey. The figures twist and cry among the ruins of the destroyed city, showing therefore the rejection of Picasso towards war and violence. (A photo of the painting will be shown).

If the educator decides to add some other painter in the first part of the activity, he will also add his pictures to be appreciated in this second part. He can also present some other works of Picasso and Goya.

He will summarize this part of the activity insisting on these great creators who have left art works which are enjoyed around the world.

3rd Part
A game called "The great creators" will be played. In it, the teacher poses a riddle to the children, for example:

He is Spanish, was born in Fuentedetodos, Zaragoza, one of his famous paintings is "La Maja Vestida" (The painting is shown to them). Who is he?

Another riddle can be:
The name of this painting is Guernica, yes Sir, (The picture is shown).
It is a drawing against the war and it was painted by…. Who painted it?

This is how we are going to introduce some more painters that are known in the local community, or universal painters as well.

Rules of the game:
The winner will be the children who can guess more painters and creators.

ACTIVITY No 2
"FAMOUS SCULPTORS"

Summary of the activity: This activity is similar to the previous one, but this time we intend to teach the children to appreciate famous sculptures made by very creative sculptors. Later they will play a game with pictures.

Objectives:
• To teach the children to appreciate sculptures made by creative artists.
• To continue forming notions and experiences with respect to creativity.

Procedures:
• Observation
• Conversation
• Appreciation

Material Resources: Great pictures or photos with the sculptures selected for the activity as well as others of the universal cultural heritage.

Development of the activity:
1st Part
The educator will ask: Has somebody ever heard about the sculptor and painter Michelangelo?

"Michelangelo was a very creative man, an artist who was born in a small Italian town called Caprese. At the age of thirteen he entered the workshop of a famous Italian painter (Ghirlandaio)."

"After one year, he began to frequent the Medici’s garden, a kind of art shop and there he began to study sculpture."

The mastery of Michelangelo was shown very early, as he was only twenty years when he carved the Pietà and the heroic David, later he made the majestic Moses and other figures.
(To teach the children to appreciate the sculptures it is necessary that the educator draws the children’s attention to the most important things in them).

"As I was saying to you, a long time ago (in 1498), Michelangelo made his first important work, the Pietà, a marble sculpture that represents the Virgin with her son dead in her arms (The engraving of the sculpture will be shown). Three years later, he carved David, a colossal figure, muscular and in tension (The engraving of the sculpture will be shown).

The Pietà by Michelangelo that is in the Basilica of San Pedro, in Rome, shows in its marble an effect of movements and forms. The realistic muscle representation, anatomical members and clothes cause in the public an intense emotional reaction.

Donatello was a sculptor with a lot of creativity; his works demonstrate that not only was he a teacher in the art of carving stone, but he also had a deep knowledge of human psychology. For example, his Saint George is represented with an armour, but in his face he shows a clear expression of weakness (The teacher shows a picture of the work).

More surprising still is his innovative Mary Magdalene which is in Florence, it is carved in gilded wood; although this character is generally represented as a beautiful young person with splendid hair, the Magdalene de Donatello is amazing, she is an old woman, semi-toothless and haggard, with entangled hair that almost reaches her feet. (The teacher will show a picture of the sculpture)."

It is very important to teach the children to appreciate the work, in its artistic values and to appreciate the creativity of its talented creators.

2nd Part
The children will play a game in which the children will be shown cards with the studied sculptures and they will be asked to name the work, the author and a simple appreciation of their artistic values, mainly the message that the author gives us.

Rules of the game:
1. The winner will be the child who identifies a larger number of sculptures and their authors.
2. They have to know in a simple way the message that the author transmits.
3. They have to explain why this artist is creative.