CDA Exam Prep Questions and
Answers: Chapter 7 Creative
Describe two specific teaching strategies that an early educator can use to encourage creativity in the
learning environment. - Answer-Setup spaces to explore create, include open-ended materials,
encourage children to consider possibilities and solve problems, value children's work including
scribbles, blobs, splatters, allow children time to revisit and rethink their work, etc.
Name the stages (include the ages for each stage) that children go through when learning how to draw
and paint. - Answer-Random Scribbling (15 months - 2.5 years); Controlled Scribbling (2-3 years), Lines
and Patterns (2.5 -3.5 years), Pictures of objects or people (3-5 years).
Describe some age appropriate open ended art materials that you can include in your learning
environment. - Answer-Crayons, Paint, Clay, Dough, Natural Materials, Sand Tools
Describe how the music you listened to this week in your learning environment made you feel. -
Answer-Joyous!
Which of the following strategies is the most effective for developing the creativity of infants and
toddlers?
A. Giving them toys designed to have unusual effects.
B. Beginning early to teach team art and music techniques.
C. Providing them with varied opportunities for open-ended play.
Answers: Chapter 7 Creative
Describe two specific teaching strategies that an early educator can use to encourage creativity in the
learning environment. - Answer-Setup spaces to explore create, include open-ended materials,
encourage children to consider possibilities and solve problems, value children's work including
scribbles, blobs, splatters, allow children time to revisit and rethink their work, etc.
Name the stages (include the ages for each stage) that children go through when learning how to draw
and paint. - Answer-Random Scribbling (15 months - 2.5 years); Controlled Scribbling (2-3 years), Lines
and Patterns (2.5 -3.5 years), Pictures of objects or people (3-5 years).
Describe some age appropriate open ended art materials that you can include in your learning
environment. - Answer-Crayons, Paint, Clay, Dough, Natural Materials, Sand Tools
Describe how the music you listened to this week in your learning environment made you feel. -
Answer-Joyous!
Which of the following strategies is the most effective for developing the creativity of infants and
toddlers?
A. Giving them toys designed to have unusual effects.
B. Beginning early to teach team art and music techniques.
C. Providing them with varied opportunities for open-ended play.
