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This study aims to verify the effects of a mathematics-centered art education program utilizing natural materials on the mathematical ability and creative personality of five-year-old children. The subjects consisted of 40 five-year-olds (20 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group). After implementing a 16-session program over eight weeks for the experimental group, an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was conducted. The results were as follows: First, the experimental group demonstrated statistically significant improvements in all subdomains of mathematical ability compared to the control group, with the largest effect size observed in the ‘Space and Shapes’ domain. Second, the creative personality showed significant improvements in all sub-factors except ‘Imagination-playability,’ while the overall effect size remained very high. These results suggest that the concreteness and diversity inherent in natural materials can holistically promote the development of young children's mathematical ability and creative personality. This study provides academic and practical implications for an integrated approach to early childhood mathematics and art education.

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