Development of Motor Fluency – Flexibility and Originality through Motor Creativity in Kindergarten

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to evaluate children’s creativity and children’s creative movement in pre school age as for kinetic flexibility, fluency and originality. For the evaluation of these specific parameters the Divergent movement ability test was used (Cleland & Gallahue, 1993). Participants were 73 children (38 girls 35 boys). The comparison was made between pre school children coming from the province, the cities and children from the city, who participated in out - of school kinetic activities at the gym. The results of the study have shown that the differences which have been ascertained regarding kinetic flexibility, fluency and originality, according to the accomplishment of skillfulness and manipulation concerned only the team that took part on the organized out – of school activities at the gym. No differences were shown between sexes, in order to create different levels of approach in kinetic flexibility, fluency and originality. Kinetic creativity acts as the motive of the development of a creative behavior on kindergarten aged children. As a result they become more creative, expressive and inventive. It is important to apply methods of education that develop creative thinking so they can consist an integral part of education process for school children in kindergarten.