“Expression” through play: An action research study of the commonalities between “Play Activities” employed in arts and crafts programs at the kindergarten level

The purpose of this study is to examine the learning process that kindergarten children undergo during “Play Activities” in art classes. To this end, we conducted a workshop titled “White Castle Made by Paper” for a group of 40 four-year olds at Mihara Kindergarten, which is affiliated with Hiroshima University. Based on an analysis of the children’s workshop activities, which included folding and stacking sheets of paper cut into four different sizes, it was possible to classify development of the artwork into 10 distinct patterns.分析結果の一部は遠地千智『幼児期の遊びを活かした図画工作科の題材提案』，平成27年度広島大学教育学部卒業論文を加筆・修正した