THE USE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CORNER IN THE NURSERY ROOM FROM THE VIEW POINT OF THE SEASONAL CHANGES OF THE PLAY ACT: A study on comer planning according to the child's development 1

A nursery room is divided into some places by the corner, and is used for multiple purposes. It is important to clarify relation of a corner and change of a way which plays. This paper aimed at the following thing. (1)The use characteristics of the corners are clarified by understanding children's play act in the corner. (2)Seasonal changes of children's play act is clarified. Behavior observation investigation according to video photography was conducted at four nursery room of two kindergartens. The play act under free nursing was checked every 2.5 minutes. Results are described below. #1 "Manufacture play" was a play act most performed in common with each age. On the whole, each corner was use appropriate for the purpose. #2 A corner serves as an exclusive use place. However, the play act is diversified by prolonged use. #3 From use experience of the set-up fixed corner, the child can make various corners variably gradually.