This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of creativity training program in fostering five senses in preschoolers aged 5-7. The study method was quasi-experimental including a pre-test and post-test design and the control group. The study population consisted of 20 children selected from two preschool childcare centers in District 6 of Mashhad in academic year 2016-17 using available sampling method. For the purpose of the study, the children were divided into two groups of 10 member, namely experiment group (children to whom researcher’s designed educational tools were presented in the post-test) and the control group (children who did not receive researcher’s educational tools in the post-test). Then, using data gathering instruments, which included Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Form B and researcher’s designed training tools intended to incorporate five senses in improving creativity of children, in two stages of the test, namely pre-test (before presenting researcher’s designed training tools to the experiment group) and posttest (after presenting researcher’s designed training tools to children of the experiment group), which was conducted over one week, the creativity of the children participating in this study was measured. After statistical analysis using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation and standard mean error) Analysis of covariance, the results showed that creativity training program influenced the development of creativity and its four components (fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration) in children .
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