Great question! In the Pre-K 2008 Creating dimension, the behavioral marker “Producing” focuses on children generating original ideas, solutions, or products.
👉 Teacher prompting is not required for Producing to be present.
If children independently create something new—such as inventing a game, building a unique structure, telling an original story, or solving a problem in a novel way—this still counts as Producing, even when the teacher is simply observing or monitoring.
However, when teachers do prompt, encourage, or scaffold children’s creativity, it can strengthen both the frequency and depth of Producing behaviors—but it is not a requirement for it to appear.
✔ Children can demonstrate Producing on their own
✔ Teacher support can enhance but is not required
✔ The key element is originality, not teacher involvement
So yes—children’s spontaneous creative actions absolutely meet the Producing marker.