THE EFFECTS OF SAND PLAYING ACTIVITIES ON CREATIVE THINKING OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AT BANCHOKCHAIPHATTHANA PROVINCE SCHOOL IN KAMPHAENGPHET

Abstract

The objective of this research was to compare creative thinking scores                     of preschool children BanChokchaiPhatthana provice School in KamphaengPhet province before and after partaking in sand playing activities. The research sample consisted of 22 preschool children, aged 5 – 6 years, in an intact classroom of second year kindergarten level of BanChokchaiPhatthana Learn Community School in KamphaengPhet province during the second semester of the 2023 academic year, obtained by cluster sampling. The employed research instruments comprised a manual for organizing sand playing activities and a preschool children creative thinking test. Statistics employed for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, and sign test. Research findings showed that the post-experiment creative thinking scores of preschool children who partook in sand playing activities were significantly higher than their pre-experiment counterpart scores at the .05 level  of statistical significance