미술놀이 프로그램을 통한 유아의 창의성 신장에 관한 연구

A Study on the Development of Creativity of Children through the Art Play Program : focusing on 5-6 aged Children

Fine Arts involve creative expression of one s own thoughts and emotions and the creation and development into the world of formation. Since the significance is to cultivate emotions by enlightening appreciation skills and creativity through various activities of creation and appreciation, rather than the functional factors centering on work production, artistic meaning representing esthetic senses should be the focus of education in this regard. Thus, various activity contents and methods through which people can participate with interests and joy should be presented. Creativity, the key of art education can be developed a lot with various experiences, and thus the presentation of children depends on the effort and active involvement of the teacher. In this respect, art education should provide children with the freedom of experience and expression suitable for their interests and experiences, rather than sticking to any uniform structure, so as to cultivate unique characteristics as well as special perspectives on objects and expression skills. One of the art education methods reflecting such intentions above is art play. Art play has significance as for the development of children in consideration of the fact that play is a process of learning and life to children as a medium involving everything needed. Art play stimulating five senses enable various experiences through which children can cultivate the potential creative expression skills in a well balanced way. In addition, children can express their own thoughts, feelings, and creative imagination to the full, which helps their growth and development. Therefore, with the educational significance, art play should be utilized to develop children s esthetic senses. This study presents various materials by means of the process-centered teaching method to bring out limitless imagination and creativity. In the process of art play, which makes children themselves search for materials and creative new things, various, joyful, free, dynamic, and creative programs will be applied to children. Children feel interests and curiosity while in the various art plays, which will help them especially to present their unique world and develop a harmonious personality. Teachers should admit and understand the world of children out of love toward them, and consistently take efforts to develop art play programs that help them cultivate creativity and a harmonious personality so that the limitless artistic potential within children can be freely presented.