In my thesis, I explored how children experience picture books through art recreation. In the theoretical part, I initially introduced the authors of the lyrical texts and the illustrators of the picture book "Mehurčki." I continued with a brief history of picture books, detailing different types based on text and illustrations, and highlighted some characteristics of picture books. I also described what constitutes a quality illustration, the treatment of literary works in kindergarten, and the artistic development of children through two techniques: drawing and sculpting. Finally, I discussed memory development and its role in recall.
In the empirical part, I presented the results of how children aged 5 to 6 experience and recreate a read literary work using two different media: clay or crayons, and a selected illustration. The study included 10 children. During the first meeting, I read a chosen poem from the picture book to all the children. In the second meeting, each child individually recalled the story, selected a favorite illustration (either by Alenka Sottler or Marlenka Stupica), and recreated the events of the poem using the chosen illustration as a guide. In the third meeting, the children individually tried to identify which product they had created. In the second part of the research, I presented how educators stimulate art recreation after discussing a literary work with children of the same age group. I found that most children recreated the main character—a bell. Some depicted certain side characters or events. Children who chose crayons for recreation depicted more elements than those who used clay. From the obtained results, I concluded that crayons have a greater influence on recreation, as children depicted more elements. All children remembered their creations three weeks after making them. Educators reported using a variety of activities, mentioning different art techniques and materials.
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