Curiosity, Imagination, Creativity, & Play

KNOW:
Curiosity is an emotion. Curiosity is the feeling of wonder and inquisition to learn or discover new things.
Imagination is the mind thinking about thinking in a fantasy world. Imagination can be used to enhance learning and allows for the mind to create pictures.
Creativity is the mind exploring all aspects of a concept and putting those aspects to use in an unordinary and banal way.
Play is the act of enjoying what one is doing or having fun. Play corresponds to activities.

WANT:
I know that curiosity is most commonly found in humans and from firsthand experience I know that cats are also very curious. What other animals or creatures are highly curious?
When does imagination and reality co-exist? Is there even an exact answer or is it merely an interpretation?
What dictates creativity? Something that is creative to one person may not be as creative to another.
Are humans the only beings who are creative?
What is an example of something that is not considered to be “play”?
How do these four terms help to teach students how to learn new things? How can playing help students to learn?

LEARN:
Creativity should be treated as important as critical literacy is treated. If you’re not prepared to be wrong you will never come up with anything original. Creativity allows for children to take a chance. But as children become adults they lose that creativity. Dance, art, and music are all ways to express creativity but in public schools those subjects are slowly being taken away. Math, English and Science is what is stressed in the public school system. All of which are important but when the creative subjects are offered then students begin to lose their creative sense. The first video made a statement that said something about if all the insects on Earth were to disappear, every life form would disappear within 50 years but if humans were to disappear all other forms of life would prosper. I think that this could possibly answer my question about what creatures are curious. I think all creatures are curious, but on different levels and some levels that humans can’t understand. In order to appreciate the concept of failure, I think that one must have a good sense of imagination in order to see the benefits of failure. Embracing one’s imagination deals with allows to views things from more than one point of view and being able to empathize with people instead of being so closed minded that one sees life solely from one’s own perspective. There is a huge variety of play. Nobody can dictate what play is because play is something different to every person. Humans are not the only ones who play. Animals play also. The beginning point of play is the first time one finds joy. Play does not have a particular purpose. Plays purpose should not be more important than the act of doing it, if it is then it is not play. Play triggers the brain and helps memory development.