Multigenerational Family as a Creative Environment for the Child

Abstract

Family, whether nuclear or multigenerational, constitutes the primary creative environment for the child. The conditions of creative environment are met by a functional family. Creative resources include interpersonal contact in general, communication, game, dramatization, etc. Creative environment in a family requires the willingness of creative adults, whether parents, grandparents, or the extended family. Kindergartens and, later on, primary schools pick up the threads of the creative background built in a functional family. Pedagogical education and the option of institutionalised continuous training in the area of creativity is perceived as an advantage teachers have over parents and grandparents who have only limited opportunities of such courses. The paper deals with the creative family environment and brings examples of the development opportunities in a nuclear and multi-generational family.