Formation of artistic and creative thinking of primary school children: an experience of the diagnostic study

Presented to the readers experience of formation of artistic and creative thinking of younger students as a process of creating artistic images by means of integration of subjects of an aesthetic cycle. As a diagnostic mechanism proposed modied diagnostic of artistic creative thinking, characteristics of which consist in the use of available tasks based on the integration of music with visual arts and literature. The results of ongoing studies indicate the possibility of using integration of subjects of an aesthetic cycle for the development of artistic and creative thinking of younger schoolboys in conditions of educational institution