how to identify and train potential creatives in kids

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Criteria for identifying and training students of Class 7 to Class

10 who can evolve as Potential designers.

How to inculcate the habit of Creative Design for schoolgoing children?1.Additional classes after school on art like poster design,

paper craft, sculpture/clay modeling etc.

2.Have proper teacher who is educated in the art field toimpart proper knowledge

3.Hold creativity related competitions likedrawing/painting, flower arrangement, clay modeling,

poster design, greeting card, paper craft etc.

4.Felicitate/recognize/appreciate creative talent so thatkids and their parents are motivated.

5.Inform parents and kids on the different avenues that areavailable to kids who are creatively inclined so that

parent dont demotivate them.

6.Purchase good foreign books that increase knowledgeand impart the processes to approach creativity

correctly.

How to identify kids (Class 7 onwards) who has potential &can evolve to become designers?

1. Teachers need to notice each student during art relatedclasses and identify those who are taking genuine

interest to perform those tasks.

2.Teachers should identify practical copies of each studentand identify those who does these task beautifully and

neatly all through the year and make sure these are done

by the student themselves and not by somebody at home.3.Identify the students those who perform best in the artrelated competitions and whose work has innovation and

original thinking.

4.Notice students who proactively volunteer for creativeextracurricular activities and identify those who


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consistently do the creative tasks in a mixed group for

any project.

Different ways in which they can be assessed1. Their performance in creative classes2.Their proactivity towards the creative/art related

classes and the tasks therein.

3.Their innovation during these classes.4.Their intension towards their future regarding this

creative inclination i.e. whether they want to pursue

this as their career.

What should be the training program ?1. Design is a vast area, and identifying a particular arm

that can be approached by children is the first task.

2.Involving a person well versed with design educationto chalk out a curriculum is mandatory.

3.What design is and how it impacts our daily life: thisshould be educated to the children and their parents.4.Activity that increases the creative sparks should bepracticed. There are good books that can show the

path.

5.Basic understanding about design theory should beshared before jumping into the practical aspects.

6.Lots of practice classes and post lesson project isnecessary.


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What would the child learn from the training program?1.What is design?2.The different arms of design like graphic, product,

fashion

3.Difference between design and fine art4.Difference between fine art and illustration5.The basics needed to be in creative field like sketching,

drawing which is a must to express ones creative

thoughts

6.Basics of color and its application7.Basics layout and composition8.Difference between painting and drawing9.Basics typography10. Small projects based on above after each topic

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