What are three things a teacher can do to address the creative needs of children with diverse ...

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ANSWER: The adult can make any physical adaptations necessary such as adjusting the height of an easel, modifying the tools and materials for ease of manipulation, or increasing the sensory nature of the materials.

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ANSWER: Complimentarycauses the child to seek outside approval
Judgmentalcreativity should be judged by the artist
Questioningasking about its symbolism is intrusive
Probingcontinuing to question
Correctinginsisting on conforming to a model or more realistic style
Psychoanalyzinglooking for deep meaning without training

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ANSWER: Divergent thinking is thinking that is creative, out of the box, used for problem solving and creativity (e.g., uncommon uses for objects such as a garage for matchbox cars from a cereal box or imagining what would happen if ).
Convergent thinking focuses on the standard, accepted ways of looking at things (e.g., rubber bands are to hold stacks of paper together, knives are for cutting).

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ANSWER: A person has an early development or an extraordinary skill or ability in a certain area, much beyond the norm.

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ANSWER: All move from manipulation of materials to recognizable products done with intention and preplanning.

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ANSWER: Sensorimotorscribbling, prelanguage, literacy environment, trust/mistrust
Preoperationalpersonal symbol and Preschematic, advancing language, emergent literacy, autonomy, shame/doubt, initiative/guilt
ConcreteSchematic, realism, symbolic language and humor, conventional literacy, industry/inferiority

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ANSWER: Carrying, filling, and dumping by toddlersexploration and manipulation
Laying blocks endtoend and stacking by threeyearoldsexploring properties of blocks
Bridging by preschoolersusing uprights to hold a horizontal block in place
Enclosures by preschoolerslaying blocks at right angles to form a square or rectangle Patternsplacing blocks in a repeating sequence
Naming structuressymbolic
Reproductionusing blocks to recreate an existing structure