Creativity of Creation and Story-Telling in Open-Ended Learning with Visual Art Media for Early Childhood Education

Abstract

—The ability of early childhood in the arts field is often overlooked, the facts in the art field knowledge are not used as a condition of admission to elementary school. Although the government prohibits the implementation of tests, but the cognitive abilities of children, still carried out in several elementary schools. The impact of early childhood education is not optimal in carrying out artistic activities. Art learning should be explored from an early age, to prepare a generation of creative industries that is developing rapidly in the 4.0 era. The research location was in Tanah Tingal Kindergarten South Tangerang, the research object were 11 children. The research objective is to determine the extent to which visual art media can foster creativity in work and story-telling, in open-ended learning in early childhood. The art used is visual art including drawing, clay and blocks. The research method used descriptive qualitative. The results of the study found that using visual art media in open-ended learning, early childhood can imagine optimally, produce a variety of works and be able to tell their imagination with the help of their work. The implication is that visual art media can be used to improve the ability of imagination, creativity in creating and telling stories. It is hoped that the culture of creation and story-telling can develop well in early childhood.