Creativity, Play & Outdoor Learning Spaces with Sian Kellaway

‘Being inspired and amazed by every day little details. Looking at the world in wonder. Children see those things, which you can lose as you get older.’ Intro: Sian Kellaway is a gifted artist and teacher. Her natural creativity flows through her in various forms, one of which is screen-printing, where she has a successful etsy shop for prints. She’s a mother of two, a teacher and project developer at our very own, Back To The Garden Childcare. You could say Sian is part of our nursery ‘extended family’. Her current project at nursery centres around the outdoors spaces - the tipi, shed and garden, which we discuss in todays episode. This is a fascinating episode that covers: Sian’s journey and inspiration The current projects she’s working on at the nursery Why boredom is key to creativity The tools she uses to support her creative flow Why creativity is so important to society, children’s wellbeing and so much more. Happy Listening! ‘It always used to fascinate me as a child, in a way these worthless objects, not worth anything to anyone else, but they’re so interesting and take on such a significance for a child.’ ----- Links: Sian’s Etsy Shop - https://www.etsy.com/uk/people/sianuska Sian’s Blog - http://sianuska.blogspot.com/ Sian’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/sianuska/ ----- For full show notes including all the resource links mentioned, timings and quotes head to https://www.backtothegardenchildcare.com/episode-07 ----- Thank you for listening! We’d be so grateful if you could take 2 minutes to leave us a review on your preferred podcast app. Please share with anyone who you think would love to listen. This episode is sponsored by Kit + Kin, award winning nappies - head to https://kitandkin.com/ and enter the code BABY20 specially created for our listeners to use on the first subscription. Recorded via Zoom and edited at LBS, Stockport. https://lbs.co.uk/ Producer: Adders Jeffry Original Music written by Sadie Pickering, performed by Sadie Pickering, Dan J Logan and Jay Ansill Podcast hosting service - https://anchor.fm/backtothegarden