Assignment: Creative or not? In this assignment, you will have an opportunity to integrate a variety of perspectives on creativity as you analyze learning experiences for young children. Be sure to

Creativity Dimension/Behavior

#1 Alligator Role Play

#2 Snapdragon Origami

#3 Dragon Chain Addition

#4 Loose Parts Dragon

Divergent Thinking: Fluency

Children create many events to the alligator’s actions.

Low for the same reason, as origami patterns are made to teach children how to follow a pattern of steps.

To solve the problem the children, look at a variety of additional solutions.

Some of the different parts children use to form their structures include:

Divergent Thinking: Flexibility

Offers flexibility with the adoption of roles.

Little variability since steps are predefined.

Further, children add up numbers in several ways.

High flexibility due to open-end use of the material.

Divergent Thinking: Originality

Children have their ideas of what roles to enact.

Only a little innovation as origami is based on set designs.

Subsequently, children may come up with unique or different number stories.

Promotes more creativity as well as develops those pique ideas and out-of-the-box thinking.

Convergent Thinking: Refinement

Children modify their topics of gender role play based on group interactions.

Improvement of folding techniques is achievable.

Dedicated narrowing when searching for correct totals.

Needing structures to become more stable for refining.

Convergent Thinking: Elaboration

Students continue or create a setting they read regarding the alligator.

There was little possibility for elaboration as the task had been outlined strictly.

To illustrate their concepts of addition strategies, children expand on what they know.

The extent of elaboration here is highly completed with detailed dragons depicted here.

Curiosity ("Ahhh!")

Fosters animated discussion through concept generation in the context of delightfully theoretical examples.

Restricted since the activity only applies existing instructions.

Interest arises from the investigation of number relations.

Promotes discovery of potential uses with objects and materials that are free-form shaped.

Discovery ("Aha!")

Oh, aha moments appear when children are working on the challenges posed in a role play.

A little discovery is associated with folding enhancements.

Sudden realizations occur at a time when the equation is being solved.

Very frequent as children change the mode of using parts more frequently.

Delight ("Haha!")

Positive effect about elaborated play settings.

Less joyful as the activity is more structured.

Children enjoy solving and sharing their addiction stories.

These kettle designs give great pleasure and are highly creative and whimsical.