The paper presents the results of research on identifi cation of creative preschoolers via
observation of their overt behavior in two settings: at home and in the kindergarten. A model of
preschoolers’ creative activity as well as two original observational sheets were prepared on the
basis of the knowledge of the subject. The data were collected form a sample of parents and teachers
of 235 preschoolers.
The main categories of creative activity at home were: humour, autonomy, self-expression,
persistence, fantasy/imagination, stubbornness; in the kindergarten they were: exploration, control/autonomy,
engagement. The results show that the relationship between the parents’ and teachers’
ratings was very weak. The children exhibited a wide range of creative behaviors across the
main categories rather than a full pattern (syndrome) of creative behavior. These fi ndings support
the existence of a large and at the same time dispersed creative potential of preschoolers, very diversifi
ed patterns of creative behaviors, and small developmental changes within this range
keywords in Polish:
twórczość, wiek przedszkolny, wzory twórczego zachowania, obserwacja