Children's Unexpected Interactions with the Physical Environment and the Expansion of Play in Early Childhood Settings:

• Matsui Mana

  京都文教大学

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 保育環境における想定外の使い方と遊びの発展
• ―2歳児から4歳児までの3年間の縦断的検討―
• A 3-Year Longitudinal Study of 2-4-year-olds

Abstract

The present study investigated children's unexpected interactions with the physical environment in early childhood education (ECE) settings by a 3-year longitudinal observation survey of children from 2 to 4 years of age. Children often showed unexpected interactions with their environment, which were revealed to generate deviations from those originally intended, and to serve as a visual stimulant to highlight play. With the children's imaginative mindset as a basis, those interactions also became the sources of (1) amusement, (2) expansion of play, (3) experience with objects, and (4) initiation of peer interactions. The older children get, the more likely it is that they share unexpected interactions with peers, which then expand play. With the children's safety secured, approving their unexpected interactions was suggested to contribute in nurturing children's play in ECE settings.

Journal

• RESEARCH on EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE and EDUCATION in JAPAN

  RESEARCH on EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE and EDUCATION in JAPAN 55 (2), 64-72, 2017

  JAPAN SOCIETY of RESEARCH on EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE and EDUCATION

Keywords

• Unexpected Interaction
• Early Childhood Settings
• Imagination
• play
• amusement

Details

• CRID: 1390001205770529408
• NII Article ID: 130006514368
• DOI: 10.20617/reccej.55.2_64
• ISSN: 24241679
• ISSN: 13409808
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed