A child is born as a creative being, which communicates with us through various expressive media. It is an active and competent being, a constructive creator of its own knowledge. Today’s society considers itself the society of knowledge, due to the progress made in various scientific spheres on a daily basis, whilst it is simultaneously going through a crisis of ignorance about life and a halt in cultural progress. Luckily, some educational institutions are going through an awakening regarding children and the possibilities offered to them. The understanding of a child as an individual born with different inclinations and interests is changing. Different alternative pedagogical conceptions are created, which tend to equally develop the mind, creative, artistic, practical and social skills in children. In this paper, as a concrete example of such inclinations, the private kindergarten “Mali istraživač” is presented. Its practice is based on open spatial conception and humanistic development. It highlights the importance of a child’s creative development, as well as the influence an artistic atelier has in developing the artistic potential. The maturation of artistic-creative potential can be seen in children from the nursery to the school age, through the stated examples of art works, as creative activities are a part of a child’s every day. It develops or diminishes as much as a particular child is entitled to be what it is and to express its perception of the world in its own way. These examples should be a stimulus to other early childhood and pre-school educational institutions that still use the traditional approach to teaching children in their curriculum. Children should not be taught in such a way as to absorb the greatest amount of factual knowledge, but should be raised to be independent and critical beings that will know to check and understand those given facts.