Nurturing Creativity Skills in The Early Years: A Panacea for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood Education in Nigeria
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64348/zije.2026635Keywords:
Nurturing, Creativity Skills, Sustainable Development, Early Childhood EducationAbstract
Nurturing creativity skills is a part of teaching with a high value and of an extensive potential to enrich the educational experiences of children. It is the most effective way of education in setting the unity between perception, thinking and application. Children are seen as an environmental, economic and social asset in world civilizations because they play a vital role in any society and they ensure that ethics, values, and culture continue to exist and be passed from generation to generation. Thus, in terms of tools, technology, medicine, health condition, family size, education, and attitude, the world in which the child is growing up now is vastly different. Preschoolers in the twenty-first century are expected to be well equipped, endowed and creative academically successful, and capable of coping with the pressures of the modern world. These expectations can be assumed if preschoolers' creativity skills and talents are well nurtured holistically in early childhood education to meet these demands. As a result, this paper will highlight the necessity of nurturing creativity skills in preschoolers in order to promote a more sustainable growth and development. It will also emphasize the significance and essence of cultivating and nurturing creativity skills in preschoolers for a more sustainable early childhood development, as well as the benefits of doing so. Finally, the author will conclude and make some recommendations.
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