Final Flashcards
What are the four elements of music for young children?
- Listening
- Moving
- Playing
- Singing
What are a few open-ended art materials?
- collage
- painting
- printmaking
- scissors
- clay
- play dough
- simple structures
- woodworking
What are three ways of encouraging creativity with art experiences?
- Encourage children to examine possibilities
- provide an array of materials and choices
- create an environment that supports art exploration - Encourage children to observe, explore and experience an array of art mediums
- change indoor and outdoor environment
- encourage children to build and expand their skills and accomplishments - Encouraging children to explore provocative items that trigger their curiosity
- display children’s work aesthetically
- discuss art processes and children’s work
Why is music important in early learning programs?
- naturally pleasing
- opportunity to be part of a group
- sharing common experience
- learn about their body
- language is enhanced
- smoother routines and transitions
What are the 4 stages of artistic development?
- Scribbling and mark makinf
- Making basic shapes and symbols with personal meaning
- Pictorial art
- Realistic
What are the four principles of developing visual language?
- Children follow a sequential process in creating art
- Children’s visual language evolves from their thinking and experience
- Children’s visual language is influenced by their environments and experiences
- Children’s explorations and experiences in art are positively influenced by a guide or facilitator
What is divergent thinking?
A thought process of method use to generate creative idea by exploring many possible solutions
Product vs. Process
Close ended, instruction heavy, structured teacher model step
Vs.
Open ended exploratory, unique, individual, emphasizes learning
What are the four components to a learning experience planning form?
- Introduction
- Materials
- Exploration and inquiry
- Closure/Transition
What are the five theories of creativity?
- Psychoanalytic
- Humanist and developmental
- Behaviourist/Developmental
- Creativity as Cognition
- Systems Theories
What does the psychoanalytic theory of creativity claim?
Creativity is an unconscious or preconscious process
What does the humanist and developmental theory of creativity claim?
Creativity is a natural part of healthy development and/or develops in predictable stages
What does the behaviourist/developmental theory of creativity claim?
Creativity is the result of responses to specific stimuli
What does the creativity as cognition theory claim?
Festivity can be explained through the same processes as other aspects of cognition
What does the systems theory of creativity claim?
Creativity is the complex interaction of elements that include cognitive processes, personality traits, and interactions with the environment, domain, and field.
