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Inventors work with materials to prototype, share, research, iterate, and refine ideas.
Children use materials to develop and share ideas when adults…
- provide a range of materials with different sensory features and qualities
- allow children time to understand the qualities of different materials
- invite children to iterate their ideas using multiple media and dimensions
- expect children to share, collaborate, and offer feedback to each other
Teachers prototype, share, research, iterate, and refine their ideas when they…
- engage with the arts in open inquiry as professionals
- make a practice of asking themselves, “Where are the arts?” as they develop lessons
- regularly collaborate with colleagues to plan and reflect on their practice
- adopt a stance as a teacher-researcher who is a professional creator of curriculum
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Use this tool to expand children’s thinking about a key concept or question.
What Can this Material Do?
Use this tool to introduce children to new materials.
Windows into Practice
Constructing New Exhibits through Collaboration and Imagination
When 3rd-grade children and adults work together to create a public exhibit, both learn about collaboration.
Classroom Video
① Providing a Place for Young Writers to Make their Mark and ② Growing and Celebrating Writers
These videos illustrate approaches to developing inventiveness in young writers, ages 3-5 and grade 3.
① Classroom Video
② Classroom Video
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