Cuentos motores y ambientes de aprendizaje para el fomento de la creatividad en Educación Física en educación infantil

Introduction: Creativity is an increasingly relevant cognitive skill in the educational field. In this context, Physical Education emerges as an ideal subject to foster creativity, especially during Early Childhood Education. Objective: To analyze the influence of two methodologies, motor stories and learning environments, on the creativity of preschool students. Method: A six-session intervention program was implemented over three weeks. The sample consisted of 58 five-year-old students divided into three groups: Group A) had received Physical Education throughout the entire stage; Group B) had received it for one year; and Group C) had not received physical education classes. The Children’s Graphic Creativity Test was administered before and after the intervention to measure creativity. Results: Significant differences were found between the groups. Group B obtained the highest scores in both the pre-test and the post-test, while Group A benefited the most from the program (high percentile: 50% pre-test and 94.4% post-test). No gender differences were observed. Discussion: The findings are consistent with research highlighting guided discovery and problem-solving as effective teaching styles to enhance creativity. Moreover, literature supports the idea that, at early ages, contextual factors could be more influential in creativity than gender. Conclusion: Motor stories and learning environments appear to nurture creativity in Early Childhood physical education regardless of gender. This highlights the importance of active methodologies over traditional approaches.