Development of Storytelling Activities for Promoting Creative Thinking Skills of Kindergarteners 3 at Khok Ra Heur School, Ban Kruad District, Buriram Province

Abstract

The present study aimed 1) to develop experience activities usingstorytelling to improve creative thinking of kindergarteners 3 to achieve the criteria of 75 percent,

2) to study the learning behaviors of kindergarteners 3 through storytelling activities.

The participants of the study were 9 of kindergarteners 3 who were studying in the 15 semester of 2020 academic year in Ban Khok Rahoei School, Prasat sub-district,

Ban Kruat district, Burirum province. The instruments used in the study consisted of 4 lesson plans of storytelling activities, creative thinking test and learning behaviors test. The statistics used in the study comprised of mean and percentage.

The results of the study revealed that

The creative thinking development of kindergarteners 3 by using storytelling activities shown that 75 percent of students achieved the criteria of the study. The results also revealed that 7 students improved creative thinking by storytelling using mouth which was 77.78 percent. & students improved creative thinking by storytelling using gesture which was 88.88 percent, 8 students improved creative thinking by storytelling using voice which was 88.88 percent, 9 students improved creative thinking by storytelling using picture which was 100.00 percent, 9 students improved creative thinking by storytelling using materials which was 100.00 percent. Moreover, students improved creative thinking of each aspect as follows; 7 students improved originality skill which was 77.78 percent, 8 students improved fluency skill which was 88.88 percent, 8 students improved flexibility skill which was 88.88 percent, 9 students improved elaboration skill which was 100.00 percent. Hence, the resultsof creative thinking development could be ordered as follows ; elaboration skill, flexibility skill, fluency skill and originality skill respectively.
The results of learning behaviors using storytelling activities revealed that 8 students of kindergarten 3 ranged in good level which was 88.89 percent, 1 students of kindergarten 3 ranged in fair level which was 11.11 percent