This is the original discussion prompt that I have already replied to:
According to the text, there are three important characteristics of thinking: executive function, critical thinking, and creative thinking. Choose one and describe how a parent or teacher could foster either executive function, critical thinking, or creative thinking in 10–13-year-old children. Provide at least two unique activities to support this type of thinking.
I need a discussion response to 2 peers.
Here is the first discussion I need to respond to:
Creative thinking is the ability to think outside the box and apply prior knowledge to a new situation in a new and unique way (Santrock, 2021). Two activities that I think would foster this type of thinking are arts and crafts and creative writing.
During arts and crafts, each child would be presented with a blank outline of a character in a funny pose and a rudimentary block building in the background. Their task would be to design the character’s clothes, body features and the background and write a short story about the character they created. This way the children would not only have to imagine what their characters look like but they would also have to write about how the character ended up in their funny pose.
The second activity I propose is creative writing where the children will be presented with 3 boxes containing various portions of a story; box 1 would have beginnings, box 2 would have the climaxes and box three would have the endings. The children will take turns picking from 1 of the three boxes and will have to write the rest of the story based on what they picked. This activity will allow the children to think of unique ways to fit their assigned portion into a cohesive story and also challenges them to think of what series of events would have to take place in order for the story portion to make sense.
References
Santrock, J. W. (2021). Life-span development (18th ed.). Mcgraw-Hill Education.
Here is the second discussion I need to respond to:
Creative thinking in the text is defined “as the ability to think in novel and unusual ways and to come up with unique solutions to problems”(Santrock, 2021). Some activities teachers and parents can use to cultivate creative thinking in children from the ages of 10-13 years old is to provide environments that stimulate creativity, like taking them on field trips to locations that creativity is valued like the text mentions. Maybe taking them to explore a science museum where they can engage and help stimulate their visual imagination. “To expand children’s creativity, teachers and parents should encourage children to believe in their own ability to create something innovative and worthwhile”(Santrock, 2021). We can encourage children to try DIY (Do It Yourself) activities to encourage self expression. “DIY projects are cost-effective and have potential benefits for ten-year-old children. Involvement in DIY projects could boost creativity, improve concentration, and sharpen problem solving skills” (Makvana, 2023). These are just two activities that can help foster a child’s creative thinking, there are a plethora of activities out there that can help children express their creative thinking. References:Santrock, J. W. (2021). Life-Span development (Eighteenth ed.). McGraw Hill: New York.
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By: Harshita Makvava. March 2023.
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