Outdoor free choice activities for preschoolers are fairy effective to young children`s developmental needs because it combines unique advantages of outdoor activity for children and of children-centered perspectives in which self-directed learning is...
Outdoor free choice activities for preschoolers are fairy effective to young children`s developmental needs because it combines unique advantages of outdoor activity for children and of children-centered perspectives in which self-directed learning is valued. However, because of the constraint on avaliable space and insufficient resources, outdoor free choice activities are not sufficient in our education fields. Moreover most outdoor activity implementations are teacher-centered than children-centered. Motivated from these, we developed a new outdoor free choice activity program and applied it to a group of children in a preschool in Seoul. The experimental results showed that 1) Children joined and enjoyed more various activities than before, 2) Children`s self-directed activity planning abilities and self-evaluation abilities were improved. Children`s virtuous self-planning and self-evaluation processes were effective to improve their balanced participation of activities.