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    This document provides prompts and characteristics for developing play in children ages 3-4 in the creative area. It suggests considering whether children can experiment with colors and materials, use their imagination, and create representations. Effective teaching should encourage playing and exploring, active learning like maintaining focus, and creating and thinking critically by generating their own ideas and testing predictions. The goals are for children to learn through trial and error, show determination, and take pride in their accomplishments.

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    This document provides prompts and characteristics for developing play in children ages 3-4 in the creative area. It suggests considering whether children can experiment with colors and materials, use their imagination, and create representations. Effective teaching should encourage playing and exploring, active learning like maintaining focus, and creating and thinking critically by generating their own ideas and testing predictions. The goals are for children to learn through trial and error, show determination, and take pride in their accomplishments.

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    Developing Play in The Creative Area

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    This document provides prompts and characteristics for developing play in children ages 3-4 in the creative area. It suggests considering whether children can experiment with colors and materials, use their imagination, and create representations. Effective teaching should encourage playing and exploring, active learning like maintaining focus, and creating and thinking critically by generating their own ideas and testing predictions. The goals are for children to learn through trial and error, show determination, and take pride in their accomplishments.

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    Developing Play in the Creative Area

    Ages 3-4
    Prompts for Developing Play Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning
    As you interact with children, consider these points to help you develop Playing and Exploring
    their learning and development as they play. • Does the child show curiosity to explore new creative materials and
    • Do they experiment with colours and marks? activities?

    • Can they make simple models from their own ideas? • Do they use their senses to explore new materials?
    • Can they create pictures and models based on things they know?
    • Do they use their imagination to develop their own ideas?
    • Do they learn by trial and error – testing out new ideas to see what
    • Can they experiment to create different textures?
    works best?
    • Can they create shapes using lines and use the shapes to
    • Do they show a ‘can do’ attitude?
    represent objects?
    Active Learning
    • Can they use lines to enclose a space when drawing or painting?
    • Are they determined to complete a creative task to achieve their
    • Can they create their own representations of people, events and objects? desired outcome?
    • Can they draw with increasing control and add detail? • Does the child maintain focus on their project?
    • Do they explore colour and identify different colours? • Do they concentrate on their creative activities and pay attention
    to details?
    • Can they mix the colours they want to use?
    • Do they persist, even when challenges occur?
    • Do they choose colours for a particular purpose?
    • Do they take pride in their accomplishments and achievements?
    • Can they manipulate materials to create their desired effects?
    Creating and Thinking Critically
    • Do they combine different materials to create a new effect?
    • Does the child think of their own ideas?
    • Are they using large and small motor skills to do things?
    • Can they test out their ideas and make predictions?
    • Can they use one-handed tools and equipment independently?
    • Can they check how well their creative activities
    • Do they use a comfortable grip when holding pencils and have are going and change strategy if needed?
    good control?

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