Cooking activity is a way for young children to participate most actively and voluntarily and to learn by doing. However, cooking activities in early childhood education have been limited only to cook and eat food as an annual plan, for it has not been integratively planned and administered. This study, therefore, was to investigate the effect of integrative approach to cooking activity on young children's creativity. For the purpose, the following research questions were established: Is there any effect of integrative approach to cooking activity on young children's creativity (fluency, flexibility, originality)? Subjects for this study were 64 five-year-old children attending two classes of S kindergarten in Daejeon. Experimental group had been treated with integrative approach to cooking activity for 10 weeks, while control group had been treated with general kindergarten curriculum with materials according to life subjects. Instrument for this study was Chang(1994)'s creativity test, and data were analysed with mean, standard deviation, and ANCOVA. Results of this study were as follows: There was significant effect of cooking activity on increasing young children's creativity (fluency, flexibility, originality).

Cooking activity is a way for young children to participate most actively and voluntarily and to learn by doing. However, cooking activities in early childhood education have been limited only to cook and eat food as an annual plan, for it has not been integratively planned and administered. This study, therefore, was to investigate the effect of integrative approach to cooking activity on young children's creativity. For the purpose, the following research questions were established: Is there any effect of integrative approach to cooking activity on young children's creativity (fluency, flexibility, originality)? Subjects for this study were 64 five-year-old children attending two classes of S kindergarten in Daejeon. Experimental group had been treated with integrative approach to cooking activity for 10 weeks, while control group had been treated with general kindergarten curriculum with materials according to life subjects. Instrument for this study was Chang(1994)'s creativity test, and data were analysed with mean, standard deviation, and ANCOVA. Results of this study were as follows: There was significant effect of cooking activity on increasing young children's creativity (fluency, flexibility, originality).