Musical education in early and pre-school period is extremely important for the development of musical creativity and encouragement of a child’s musical inventiveness. It affects the overall psychological and physical development of a child. In order to better define the concept of musical creativity of children in early and pre-school period, this work (thesis) explains the concept of creativity in general but also accentuates the importance and the role of music and music education in nursery schools. It emphasizes the development of children’s musical abilities and their pursuit of musical activities. In addition, the work explains the concept of musical giftedness and musical talent and indicates the signs for their early detection and development. In developing musical skills and stimulating musical activities as well as for recognizing talent, the educator plays the key role. With his/her musical competence and up-to-date (contemporary) approach to music education, the educator stimulates musical creativity and develops children’s musical inventiveness. This work shows examples on the flow of activities on encouragement of musical creativity in early and pre-school period that are connected with singing, playing, music games and music-related body movements.