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CHS201 Creative Activities

Unit 1 Discussion

Introductions and Creativity Observation

This is a two-part discussion forum. Please respond to both parts.

1.  Introduce yourself and include information you would like to share such as where you live, your experiences with young children (birth to age 8), and your future goals.

2. Respond to the following:  

What is “creativity?”

What role does creativity play in your own life?

What is the meaning and importance of aesthetics for young children?

 

CHS201 Creative Activities

Unit 2 Discussion

DQ1 Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences

This is a two-part discussion forum. Please respond to both parts.

1. Howard Gardner began working on his theory of Multiple Intelligences while a Professor of Psychology at Harvard. Complete the Multiple Intelligences Inventory (above). After doing so, study the nine intelligences.

What did you find out about your intelligence (the results)? 

What did you learn about yourself?

Describe the types of learning environments are optimal for you.

2. Early childhood educators routinely observe children–in the classroom, outside, and in various other settings. Observe a child for 15 minutes. For this purposes of this observation, please observe a child at play–at a library, a park, museum, in a classroom, etc. 

First, tell us where you observed the child and what age the child was. Then, reflect upon the observation by answering the following questions:

What did you notice about the child’s creative process and how can you relate this back to Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences.

Imagine you are this child’s teacher:

What strategies would you use to teach or instruct them?

What does it mean to teach with intention?

How could you do support and encourage growth for this child in future activities based on your observation?

DQ2 Technology

Think back to when you were child (under age 8). What technology or types of technology did you have access to in your classrooms, libraries, and/or childcare settings? How has this changed? Give us a specific example of you would incorporate technology into your classroom with young children.

 

CHS201 Creative Activities

Unit 3 Discussion

Drawing Stages

Collect drawings by two different children who are ages 3-5.  Compare each drawing to the drawing stages provided.  Please identify each child’s stage of drawing.   Explain the next activity you will provide to scaffold each child to the next level.  Attach images of the drawings.

 

CHS201 Creative Activities

Unit 4 Discussion

Dramatic Play

Search the web and find a video where children are learning in the dramatic play center (sometimes called the pretend center); do not use the video from this week’s readings and resources. For this week’s post, please complete the following:

1. Share your video by pasting the link to your video in your discussion board posting.

2. Answer the following questions.

How do you explain the importance of dramatic play? How would you explain the importance of dramatic play to parents/guardians?

What types of learning styles does dramatic play support?  

How would you use dramatic play in your classroom?

How would you explain the importance of dramatic play to a parent or visitor if this was your classroom?

 

CHS201 Creative Activities

Unit 5 Discussion

Music and Movement

Discuss your own musical abilities and comfort levels with song, dance, and creative movement. Describe your experiences with young children and music. Why is it important that we include these activities in classrooms? How would you go about engaging young children in music and movement? 

 

CHS201 Creative Activities

Unit 6 Discussion

Integrating Literacy, Science and Math

Please consider the resources about integrating language and literacy with science.   What is the relationship between language/literacy and science? How can you implement the presented ideas and information into your own practice? Can you identify any obstacles? If so, how might you overcome them? Be sure to discuss the Habla program and its role in improving literacy for dual language learners. What role does the family play? How about the community?

 

CHS201 Creative Activities

Unit 7 Discussion

Creative Food Experiences

Please locate a creative food activity in your text or another resource. How can you connect this creative food experience to one of the content areas we have discussed–math, science, and lteracy?

 

CHS201 Creative Activities

Unit 8 Discussion

DQ1 Multiculturalism

For this week’s discussion, respond to the following questions:

What is my definition of “diversity” and how important is multicultural education in early childhood settings?

How are my own attitudes and values reflected in my classroom?

How would you teach this to children? Provide some concrete examples.

DQ2 Course Reflection

Reflect on the course and share your answers to the following questions:

What was the most interesting or useful thing you learned during the course?

What suggestions can you offer that might improve the quality of the course?

If you could give one piece of advice to incoming students about this course, what would that be?  Your responses may be shared anonymously with future classes!