Examining Effectiveness of Environmental and architectural Variables on the 4-6 years old Children’s creativity in the Kindergartens

Childhood is one the important stage of human life and many of capabilities begin in this stage. In recent years, researchers examine influence of different factor on the growth of creativity such as teaching methods, emotional-Cognitive aspect and educative problem, but quality of architectural environment is less considered in this field. Design of special environment for children such as kindergarten is important because Imagination of 4-6 years old children become practical in this age. So in this study, we examine effectiveness of environmental and architectural variables, especially effect of environment flexibility and attractiveness of natural elements on the children creativity. For this purpose 4 children of 4-6 years old were chosen as a target group and examined in two phases to determine environment effectiveness on the children creativity. Method of research is descriptive and Analytical that is used for Collection of painting information, observation and behavior recording. By analyzing children painting and behavior, the variables were evaluated. Results of evaluation indicate that environment flexibility and Stimulatory of natural elements and also the architectural variable (color, symbols, Furniture, light, vastness of environment and variability) have some consequences that are effective in the growth of children creativity.

کلیدواژه ها:

child ، physical environment ، creativity ، flexibility ، Stimulatory of natural elements