兒童期의 놀이와 놀이감에 관한 硏究 = A Study on Play and Play Material in the Childhood

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature and value of play materials of 1-6 year old children. And an examination will be given of the literatures on the traditional play of Korean children. For a child, play itself is an end and life. Above all it derives from the internal motive. Thus a player is not affected by the external conditions, such as achievements or marks which are usually compared with those of others, thereby being important in other than play. It involves pleasure and education, even though it is equivalent to business for an adult. The subject of play is a player himself. There are, however, a variety of its objects, for example, lifelike toys, devised teaching materials and tools, or many stuffs available for various purpose.
Play contributes to physical growth, sense of achievement, power to problem-solving the increase of imagination and creativity, and the development of intelligence, emotion, and sociality. Friends of the more or less same age whom children can play with, place where they are not prevented from playing free from any restraint, materials by which they are able to show their imagination and creativity-these should be provided for children, so that they may grow and develop their ability to overcome and adjust themselves to the outward environment. Play is also the exit for the emanation of strong curiosity and energy. From all this it is clear that parents, or adults should be concerned with, and interested in, children's play and make efforts to develop it.