Abstract Art-related learning should be the central way
of doing and playing in preschool, because the high quality
of art-related education has a positive effect on children’s
well-being, identity development, and creative thinking. In
our study we tested an integrated learning process where
reading literature and telling stories is combined with the
making of a craft product. In addition we created a
framework of compulsory, optional and free elements to
plan and evaluate the creative learning process. Our
research material consists of anticipatory stories collected
by storycrafting, characters made by children with craft
materials/techniques, and character descriptions. The
storycrafting method is implemented in this study as an
anticipatory story based on a fragment of a fictional text.
The character is made using the concept of a holistic craft,
where the pupil designs, produces, and evaluates the whole
process. The data were collected in a preschool group that
consisted of 10 children, 7 boys and 3 girls. Based on the
study results, it is possible to conclude that most children
benefitted from the process. It seems that literature and
storycrafting support designing craft products. Our study
showed that integrated learning process could be an
effective and a creative way of working in a preschool
group.

• Integrating Literature with Craft in a Learning Process with Creative Elements

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