Development of Creative Abilities in Preschool Children Through Play

The article is devoted to the study of creativity and creative abilities of preschoolers, which are manifested in various types of activity, including visual. The authors proceed from the positions according to which creativity should be developed in a child from early childhood. The article contains a description of approaches to the development of the creative abilities of preschoolers. It is shown that creativity, divergent thinking abilities are successfully developed with purposeful learning. The description of the study of the effectiveness of play in the development of creative abilities in preschool children is given. The results obtained made it possible to assess the dynamics of the level of development of creative abilities in preschoolers. The main indicators in assessing the success of the test were fluency, flexibility, originality and sophistication. The analysis of drawings was focused on measuring the fluency of thinking by the number of figures completed in the allotted time; flexibility of thinking for a variety of ideas; originality of thinking according to the ability of children to put forward ideas that differ from generally known ones; elaboration according to the number of invented details of each drawing. The dependence of the manifestations of these characteristics by children on the program used by the teacher was found. A higher level of indicators was found in the group that was trained in visual arts through games. The program for the development of creative abilities has shown effectiveness in the development of the creative individuality of preschoolers. The program should become an integral and integral part of the work of preschool educational institutions to develop creative abilities in older preschoolers.