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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Joan Packer Isenberg & Mary Renck Jalongo © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Chapter 8

Using Creative Materials and Resources Effectively

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Divergent Materials

  • Enable children to use their imaginations in original and satisfying ways
  • Deepen children's understandings through meaningful connections
  • Encourage children to work cooperatively
  • Have no right or wrong uses, are failure-proof, and will build self-esteem
  • Are process-oriented rather than product-oriented

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Guidelines for Using Materials

Use materials that:

  • Hold children’s interest and can be used in more than one way
  • Promote creativity and problem solving
  • Can be used with other materials
  • Add new dimensions to children’s play
  • Are safe, durable and work for children with disabilities

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Guidelines for Using Materials

Avoid materials that:

  • Can be used in only one way
  • Promote violent and stereotypical play behaviors
  • Appeal to a single age or developmental stage
  • Are unsafe, are not durable, and do not work for children with disabilities

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Types of Materials

  • Skill / concept
  • Gross motor
  • Manipulative
  • Construction
  • Self-expressive
  • Natural and everyday

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Stages in the Creative Process

  • Preparation/Brainstorming – apply knowledge, skill, understanding to materials, objects, or problems
  • Incubation – work on the problem mentally
  • Illumination/Inspiration – select some ideas, reject others
  • Verification/Communication – test product, communicate to others

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Materials for Infants and Toddlers

  • Use only materials that meet safety standards
  • Provide a rich sensory environment with plenty of materials
  • Use appropriate social games

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Materials for Preschoolers and Kindergartners

  • Include adequate props and materials both indoors and outdoors
  • Model the use of open-ended materials when necessary
  • Develop your own imagination

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Materials for First through Fourth Graders

  • Use projects and investigative activities
  • Use materials that challenge children's thinking
  • Arrange the classroom in interest centers

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Appropriate Software

Allows children to:

  • Discover and invent with symbols
  • Foster inquiry, communication, and problem solving
  • Make connections to their units of study
  • Apply a range of skills and encourage social interaction

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Using the Internet in the Classroom

  • Provide appropriate technology materials
  • Ensure equal access to technology for all children
  • Be an informed and critical user
  • Promote artistic and creative thought

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Stages of Block Building

Carrying

Building begins

Bridging

Enclosures

Decorative patterns

Naming structures for enactment

Resembling reality

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Using Sand and Water

  • Use sand and water together so children can mold the mixture
  • Vary equipment used so children think of new uses
  • Ask open-ended questions (“Why do you think the water is coming out so slowly?”)
  • Decide in advance on simple rules

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Group Games

Help children:

  • Develop cooperative behaviors and strategic thinking
  • Practice autonomy
  • Engage in problem solving
  • Practice critical thinking

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Helping Children Modify the
Rules of Games

  • Support children’s initiatives in games
  • Focus on noncompetitive games
  • Allow children to modify rules during the game

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Child-Constructed Games

Helps children:

  • Become autonomous learners
  • Practice basic skills (writing, reading, mathematics)
  • Develop organizational skills

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Guidelines for Game-making in the Classroom

  • Find information and collect facts
  • Make a rough draft
  • Make the game
  • Play the game
  • Revise the game to achieve more accuracy

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Materials and Resources in the Inclusive Classroom

  • Build a library of curriculum materials across grade levels
  • Provide books on tape and a player for quiet times
  • Include picture instructions in games for nonreaders

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Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning: Preschool Through Fourth Grade, 5e Isenberg & Jalongo

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Materials and Resources in the Inclusive Classroom

  • Read books that reflect cultural and ethnic diversity
  • Design centers for exploring cultural traditions and backgrounds
  • Challenge gifted and talented students with more complex tasks

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