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Creative learning: Imaginary worlds

You can create a whole world from a bag of simple props, says Lisa Parrott, children's officer at the West Yorkshire Playhouse

You can create a whole world from a bag of simple props, says Lisa Parrott, children's officer at the West Yorkshire Playhouse

Children need the opportunity to be imaginative and creative, to develop speaking and listening skills, move their bodies, make decisions and be curious. At the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds they were encouraged to do this with the Imaginary Worlds project. Imaginary Worlds offered an opportunity for young children to create their own stories and act them out, using a bag of simple props.

Imaginary Worlds was funded by the Ragdoll Foundation and run by the West Yorkshire Playhouse from July to November last year. The Imaginary Worlds team included Anne Taylor, quality assurance manager (education) for Leeds Childcare and Development Service, who along with myself, as children's officer at the Playhouse, ran the Imaginary Worlds sessions. Christina Dackeus, a freelance education worker and photographer, took pictures as the children created their own stories documenting each session.

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