Elements Of Fairy Tales In The Artistic Expression Of Preschool Children

U likovnom izražavanju djeca prikazuju svijet na način koji su oni doživjeli i shvatili. Ovisno o poticajnoj okolini i individualnim karakteristikama dijete s vremenom usvoji osnove likovnog jezika nakon čega je sposobno izražavati svoje doživljalje, osjećaje, unutarnja stanja i spoznaje. Likovno izražavanje djece može se poticati na razne načine, a upotreba bajki jedan je od njih. Osim što bajka može utjecati na razvoj cijelog spektra sposobnosti, svojim elementima čudesnosti potiče na razmišljanje i maštanje o nerealnom svijetu koji je individualna zamisao svakog pojedinca. Upravo te jedinstvene zamisli elemenata bajki potiču na kreativno stvaralaštvo te djeci omogućuju slobodu i neopterećenost u likovnom izražavanju. U tekstu se govori o utjecaju bajki na cjelokupni razvoj djeteta kao i na likovni razvoj te njenom utjecaju na likovno izražavanje djece. Na koji način elementi bajki utječu na likovno izražavanje djece predstavljeno je u istraživanju dječjeg stvaralaštva u kojem su sudjelovala djeca starije dobne skupine odnosno djeca u dobi od 5 do 6 godina. Likovne aktivnosti provedene su vezano uz jednu bajku čije su elemente djeca likovno prikazala. Promatralo se koje su elemente bajke djeca najčešće prikazivala, koje su najmanje prikazivala, na koji način su se izrazila i rješavala likovne probleme. Raznolik odabir likova, mjesta i radnji ukazuje na različite utjecaje bajki na svako dijete.In artistic expression, children portray the world in the way they have experienced and understood. Depending on the stimulating environment and individual characteristics, the child eventually acquires the basics of visual language, after which he is able to express his experiences, feelings, inner states and cognitions. The artistic expression of children can be encouraged in various ways, and the use of fairy tales is one of them. In addition to the fact that a fairy tale can influence the development of the whole spectrum of abilities, with its elements of wonder it encourages thinking and fantasizing about the unreal world which is the individual idea of each individual. These unique ideas of the elements of fairy tales that encourage creative creativity and enable children to be free and unencumbered in artistic expression. The text discusses the influence of fairy tales on the overall development of the child as well as on the artistic development and its influence on the artistic expression of children. How the elements of fairy tales affect the artistic expression of children is presented in a study of children's creativity in which children of the older age group and children aged 5 to 6 years participated. Art activities were carried out in connection with a fairy tale whose elements the children presented artistically. It was observed which elements of the fairy tale the children most often presented, which ones they presented the least, in which way they expressed themselves and solved art problems. The diverse selection of characters, places and actions points to the different influences of fairy tales on each child