This article discusses the need to use a divergent type of activity to develop the creative thinking of elementary school students.
In this article, we were able to determine the specific features of the purpose, content and process of students' creative activities. Specific forms, methods, and means of developing students' creative activities were determined in the course of individual-oriented education. The content of the process of developing students' creative activity skills is manifested as the content of individual-oriented learning situations, which serves to develop students' creative activity. The process of formation of creative activity in elementary school students is organized as specific educational situations and embodies the mechanisms of student personality development. As a result of introducing students to educational situations that develop creative activity skills, it is noted that they experience the formation of a positive attitude towards the educational process.