ART ACTIVITIES THAT ENCOURAGE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN TO EXPRESS CREATIVITY

Namen diplomskega dela Likovne dejavnosti, ki spodbujajo predšolskega otroka k ustvarjalnemu izražanju je predstaviti literaturo o likovnem razvoju otrok in njihovi ustvarjalnosti – od česa je ta odvisna in kako prispevamo k njenemu izboljšanju – ter opisati likovne dejavnosti, ki spodbujajo predšolske otroke k ustvarjalnemu izražanju. Diplomsko delo je sestavljeno iz teoretičnega in praktičnega dela. V teoretičnem delu je predstavljen likovni razvoj predšolskih otrok, pomen in značilnosti likovne ustvarjalnosti ter likovna področja, ki so omenjena v praktičnem delu – risanje, slikanje in osnove odtiskovanja. V praktičnem delu je predstavljenih osem likovnih dejavnosti, ki smo jih opravili v mesecu maju 2015. Dejavnosti so bile izvedene v vrtcu Zagorje ob Savi, v skupini otrok, starih 5 in 6 let. Ugotovili smo, da so otroci v ustvarjalnih likovnih dejavnostih izjemno uživali, pokazali so veliko ustvarjalnosti in izvirnosti. Njihovi izdelki so se med seboj razlikovali, pojavilo se je zelo malo šablonskih motivov in barvnih simbolov. Z izvedbo likovnih dejavnosti smo potrdili, da obstajajo raznolike likovne tehnike, s katerimi lahko otroke spodbudimo k ustvarjalnemu izražanju.The purpose of diploma thesis The Artistic Activities That Foster Creative Expression in Preschool Children is to present the literature on artistic development of children and their creativity – on which it depends on and how we can help improve the creativity in preschool children – and to present the art activities that foster creative expression in preschool children. The diploma thesis consists of theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part will present the artistic development of preschool children, the importance and characteristics of artistic creativity and the art fields such as drawing, painting and the basics of impression that will be further mentioned in the practical part. The practical part will present eight activities that were carried out in May 2015. These activities were carried out in the nursery Zagorje ob Savi within a group of children aged 5-6 years. We found that the children really enjoyed in the creative art activities, they showed a great level of creativity and originality. The products the children created were different and very little template designs and coloured symbols appeared. By performing art activities, we have confirmed that there is a variety of art techniques by which we can encourage children to engage in creative expression