Aleksandra Rotar

Mythology in Kindergarten

The first presentation of the paper was at the 16th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE: MATE DEMARIN DAYS, “The Social and Humanist Determinants of Education", The Faculty of Educational Sciences, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, 27th and 28th April 2017.

The second presentation of the work was at the ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE CROATIAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, “Philosophy and Creativity”, the Croatian Philosophical Society and the Faculty of Teacher Education, Zagreb, 13th to 15th December 2018.

Abstract

The "Mythology" project was conducted in cooperation with third year students of Pre-school Education, from the Faculty of Education and Training of the Juraj Dobrila University in Pula, children from Pula Kindergarten, and the Pula City Library and Reading Room. This study describes three different ways of conducting art activities, using three different artistic techniques. Examples are shown of motivating children for art activities using changeable drawings on an overhead projector, motivating children using a glove puppet, telling a story, two sculptures and a poster in the introduction, and motivating children through an actress and listening to recorded speech. The project integrates art, classical music, puppetry, scenography, nature and society, drama and literature.

Key words: project, methodology of art education, mythology, creativity.