Observing and assessing children’s free play by employing the structure of 10 Sugata

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  • 「幼児期の終わりまでに育ってほしい10の姿」に働きかける 幼児の自由遊びの観察と評価

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This study investigates children’s free play in two contrasting settings: a nursery and kindergarten in Chizu-cho in Tottori Prefecture. The former is a public nursery and the latter is a privately owned kindergarten that is well-known for its forest kindergarten. First, a team of researchers observed free play in the two facilities, and videotaped them. By using the videos as a cue, we conducted semistructured interviews. We particularly focused on how the new Japanese course of Kindergarten called 10 sugata, ten targeted abilities and skills that we want infants to cultivate by the end of their childhood,was implemented, and how the teachers recognize and consider the children’s play and the element of 10 sugata. Next, the study conducted a flow assessment by employing Custodero’s (1998 & 2005) Flow Assessment in Children’s Musical Activities (FIMA). The study concludes that a different environment fosters children’s free play differently. The public nursery respects expressive quality, thinking skills and contextual influences, while the privately owned kindergarten emphasizes nurturing the healthy minds and body, and respect of life existence in and through realistic experiences. As for flow assessment, the former facilitated more variety and lengthened flow derived by the spontaneous-imaginary play.

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