The value of art, craft and design in the primary classroom This logic will discuss the value of art, craft and design in the primary classroom. I will highlight the importance of art and design within the primary curriculum. I will also highlight how my resource pack promotes the value of creativity in the primary classroom. Teaching art and design has many benefits, one of the main benefits is that it promotes children's creativity. In today's society we live in a world governed by technological modernization, creativity is a fundamental component; human capabilities and people's influence on creativity and imagination are substantial resources in a knowledge-based economy (Robinson,2001,2009). It is essential to understand exactly what creativity really is. Creativity is described as a “state of mind in which all our intelligences work together” involving “seeing, thinking and innovating” (Craft, 2000: 38), also defined as “an imaginative creative activity shaped to promote outcomes, which are both original and valuable", (NACCCE, 1999:29). Art has a distinct role to play in children's learning, as it nurtures personal creative exploration, which will primarily impact children's wider outcomes, (Driscoll et al 2012). craft and design are about culture, a search for meaning through making and reflection (Penny 2002). My resource pack allows children to reflect on issues that affect their everyday lives, particularly issues regarding our environment. Art and design provide alternative methods of communication for children, giving them the confidence to communicate through a range of methods (Kress, 1997 in Driscoll et al 2012). The Plowden Report (1967, in Herne et al, 2009) states that…middle of the paper…you think less. London. Fourth Estate.Cox, S. (2007), Teaching art and design 3-11, Continuum International Publishing Group, London.Craft,A. (2000) Creativity Across the Primary Curriculum: Framework and Development Practice, London: RoutledgeFalmer.Driscoll. P, Lambirth, A, Dr, Roden, J. (2012), The primary curriculum: a creative approach, SAGE, London.Herne. S, Cox.S and ,Watts.R (2009), Readings in primary arts education, Intellect, Bristol. National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education (NACCCE) (1999) All Our Futures: The Report of the National Advisory Committee on Creativity and Cultural Education, London: DfEE/DCMS.Penny.S (2002), Teaching the Arts in Schools primary, Learning Matters, Exeter.Robinson,K (2001) Out of Our Minds, London: Capestone.Robinson,K (2009) The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, London: Allen Lane.