近年來在教育部的大力提倡下，創意也成為家長及老師希望孩子擁有的能力。根據Torrance (1964)的研究，四歲的小朋友是最具有創意的年齡，之後創意能力如未被培養，幼兒的創造思考能力即會下降。目前在許多文獻中均強調創意的「過程比結果重要」，在探索的過程中孩子能獲得許多經驗。研究證實對孩子的創意行為而言，家庭扮演重要的角色，有創意的家庭環境能夠提供孩子豐富的學習環境，在這個環境裏孩子可以從遊戲中激發創意，此外父母本身的創意及變通力也是孩子發展創意的典範。本文除了理論探討外，也以研究者的姪子(兩歲半)及姪女(四歲半)為親子遊戲與創造思考訓練的研究對象，研究者實際設計教案、教學引導以及與孩子互動、並觀察記錄孩子的反應及教學省思。Recently, creativity has become one of the talents, which teachers and parents hope their children have. According to Torrance(1964), four-year-old children are most creative. If children are not encouraged, their creativity might be decreased after that age. Nowadays many scientists stressed that creative process is much more important than creative products. Even though children do not produce beautiful art works at the end of an activity, they still have got many experiences, while they are exploring. Many studies have showed that family plays an important role in concerning about children’s creativity. Family environments are considered to be influential in the development of young children’s creativity. The aim of this study is to examine how parents can encourage children’s creativity through play.
