Session 2
1. Session 2
1.9. Session 2 Summary
Session 2: Creative Development
Session Summary
Review Session 2 to prepare for writing the quiz. As you review, note the sections that connect with the following points:
Important: The quiz may contain questions beyond points highlighted in this summary. Be sure to review the session thoroughly.
- Creativity is taking a different or fresh approach developed from one’s own thoughts or imagination.
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- For young children, the process of creating is very important. The end product may have little meaning.
- An open-ended experience is an experience that allows the child to choose the materials and decide how to manipulate and explore them.
- A closed-ended experience is an experience in which the child is told what materials to use and how to use them.
- Child care providers have to ensure that the process of creating is the most important part of the young child’s creative experience.
- There are three general stages of creative development: basic exploration, non-representative, and representative.
- Child care providers should provide children with a variety of play materials that allow self-expression.
- Child care providers’ central role in creative development is to plan activities that are developmentally appropriate and interesting to the child. They should supply a variety of experiences and support children’s creative thinking.
Session Quiz
Checking In
Contact your teacher to decide together when and where you will complete the Session 2 Quiz.