IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNCTIONS OF LEISURE ORGANIZATION AND FORMATION OF INDIVIDUAL’S CREATIVE ABILITIES IN NONFORMAL EDUCATION

Nature and purpose of leisure activities, essence of which is determined by the individual’s freedom to choose their own behavior in accordance with its existing needs and interests have been analyzed. Due to this full development of students in nonformal educational institutions takes place not only during learning activities, but also during active leisure. Therefore, in conditions of nonformal education function of leisure is inextricably linked to the function of forming creative abilities of the individual. After all, it is creativity that involves purposeful creative activity of the individual, which ends with the creation of something new that is of socially useful value. With this in mind every step of forming individual’s creative thinking needs organization of pedagogically-considered actions, taking into account age abilities of children.