ABSTRACT
Children play, sing, dance, draw, tell stories, and make up riddles in such a natural, spontaneous, and creative way that few would doubt the existence of such a thing as "children's creativity." Findings revealed that "children's drawings" were considered by most participants to be a good or very good creativity symbol. At a theoretical level, though, there is considerable skepticism as to whether creativity, as defined by modern science, can be applied to children, and the reasons for this are not altogether dismissible. The notion of creativity in both science and commonsense thinking draws on a powerful legacy of the "genius" or the "great creator." The story of "creativity" is largely considered to begin with the first symbolically mediated actions of the child. To summarize, creativity is a relatively young term that has enjoyed a rich legacy of meanings and interpretations.
