شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

The current study aims to identify the artistic expression as well as the aspects of artistic expression by the painting among the kindergarten children. In order to fulfill the research's goals, a sample of (400) children were chosen randomly from 19 public kindergartens of 6 directorates at Al-Rusafa and Al-Karkh in Baghdad city. The children were asked to draw a particular view. The researcher has adopted Alhamedawi scale (2009) consisted of (16) items, which was exposed to group of (25) experts in psychology, education, measurement and evaluation, artistic education by painting and plastics to show the items reliability. As the researcher applied t-test for one sample and two samples, the coefficient of Pearson correlation, dual discrepancy analysis, and chi- square, the research has reached to the following findings: the kindergarten children interested in the artistic expression, the child could express himself artistically in a considerable way, children prefer not to use the engineering tools, the children 's disposition in the painting tend toward the opened direction and not toward the closed direction, and finally the 5th years old children are more to express in painting than the 4th year old children. Based on these results, the researcher has recommended the following; 1) the necessity of managing kindergartens to follow up the artistic subjects in curriculums of kindergartens. 2) The bodies of supervision in the ministry of education must follow up and prepare advanced curriculums submitted to the kindergarten which are identical to what the advanced countries have in term of using computer and iPad. 3) The ministry of education should offer training courses for the teachers of kindergartens to develop the color and aesthetic preference among kindergarteners. 4) The kindergarten .administrations should diverse the art tools in the painting room of kindergartens. (Published abstract)