유아 놀이와 가정에서의 놀이 지원에 대한 어머니들의 이야기

Abstract

In this study, the contents were analyzed by interviewing mothers aged 3 to 5 to understand how children perceive play through the voices of mothers raising infants and toddlers, aspects, difficulties, and necessity of play support at home. As a result of the study, the meaning of infant play that mothers talk about is happiness in itself, self-learning, play as an indicator of development, play as a learning tool, and play as time with parents, but it is difficult to find a change in perception that play is a right that infants should enjoy. Second, the aspects of play support that mothers talk about were the play played by infants alone without the mother's play support, the play led by parents who followed the mother, and the play with the parents who the mother helped and played with. Third, the limitations of play support were lack of play time, limitations of physical strength, difficulties in play methods, conflicts in parenting, and difficulties in play support due to the characteristics of constantly repeating play. Fourth, based on the difficulty of supporting play at home, the demands related to play support for infants' play and mothers' play support wanted to support play, guide play methods, provide play materials, and provide play spaces and programs. Through these research results, early childhood education institutions can help mothers understand the play of infants, and further obtain educational practical meaning to support play at home.