Investigation of the Effect of Creative Relaxation Exercises on Preschoolers’Self-concept and Motor Creativity

This research was carried out to develop creative relaxation education program appropriate for the needs and interests of children who currently attend the nursery schools and to investigate whether the creative relaxation education is effective for their self-concept and motor creativity. The research was conducted in an empirical way with a control group of preand post-test and retention test. Besides, ''General Information Form'', Perception of Child Self Concept, which was developed by Villa and Auzmendi (1992) for the children at the age of 5-6 in order to evaluate their self-concept and also Creatively Thinking Test In Action And Movement, which was developed by Torrance (1981) for children between the age of 3-8 in order to evaluate their motor creativity were used. According to the study's results, it was determined that no significant differences existed in the pre-test scores of children of experimental and control groups while there was a considerable difference in favor of the experimental group in the post-test scores of children of experimental and control groups. It was determined that the difference between post-test and retention test scores of children in experimental group is nonsignificant.