Developing Free Time Artistic Creativity in Children of Pre-school and Early-school Age (Art Project - Water)

The work is focused on the development of artistic creativity in free time of pre-school and early school children, using a visual project called water. The work is divided into two parts. A theoretical and a practical one. The theoretical part describes concepts such as creativity, artistic creativity, various aspects of creativity, creative personality characteristics, especially children´s one, and the overall creativity development and education. It also describes characteristic traits of pre-school and early school age, educational principles, planning and preparation for art activities. The last chapter outlines the phenomenon of leisure, particularly children´s leisure, leisure time teacher's personality and the importance of playing, recreational and game activities for children. The practical part of the thesis deals with different art activities that I realized with children during the art project. Each activity outline consists of a goal, motivation, aids, its process description, conclusion and feedback. The games are completed with movement activities as well