Effects of Art Activities Combined with Storytelling Techniques on Creativity in Early Childhood

Abstract

This study is a quasi-experimental research aimed at investigating the effects of art activities combined with storytelling techniques on creativity in early childhood. The sample group consists of 30 students, specifically 15 students from Kindergarten 2 (K2) and 15 students from Kindergarten 3 (K3), randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group using simple random sampling. The pretest and posttest data were collected using "The Test for Creative Thinking Drawing Production" (TCT-DP). Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics to summarize the general information of the sample group, and inferential statistics, including the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test and the Mann-Whitney U-Test, to test the research hypotheses. The research findings indicate that after engaging in collaborative art activities along with storytelling techniques, the experimental group demonstrated significantly higher levels of creativity compared to their pre-test scores and also higher than the control group, with statistical significance at the .05 level. This study demonstrates that participating in collaborative art activities and storytelling techniques can promote creative thinking skills and further enhance narrative communication to express thoughts and emotions through self-created artworks in young children with high efficiency.