الأنشطة اليدوية كمدخل لتهيئة طفل الروضة للتفكير بعقلية ريادي مستقبلي صغير
The study aimed to identify the effectiveness of manual activities as an entry point to prepare the kindergarten child to think with a future entrepreneurial mentality. To achieve this, the researchers Use the observation method of the dimensions of entrepreneurial thinking in the kindergarten child. The sample of the research consisted of (30) children, their ages ranged between (5-6) years, who were chosen from the "second" kindergarten of the Sabya Educational Administration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The research relied on the quasi-experimental approach of one experimental group. Among the most important results of the research after processing the data statistically using (spss program) and calculating the arithmetic mean and the "T" test. The study concluded: 1) The manual activities had an effective effect in developing children's skills for entrepreneurial thinking and its dimensions (initiative, novelty in ideas, independence in achievement, and calculated risk). 2) The existence of statistically significant differences at the level of significance (5), in the pre and post measurements, in the mean scores of the entrepreneurial thinking card and its dimensions in favor of the post measurement. 3) The study recommended the necessity of paying attention to manual activities due to their importance as an entry point for developing entrepreneurial thinking skills. And it was suggested that it should be included in early childhood curricula, in addition to preparing training programs for kindergarten teachers in the field of learning for entrepreneurship, as one of the modern directions for developing education and raising the competence of entrepreneurship. (Published abstract)