* Children are the main subjects of learning

* How can I help my child learn well and enjoyably?
1.
Observe
2.
Understanding and supporting children's learning through home-based connections
3.
Understanding your child's interests
4.
Immediate support from teachers
5.
Next Play Support Plan
6.
Infant-to-toddler consultation
7.
Consultation between teachers and children
8.
Teacher-to-teacher consultation

* Recognize, respect, and follow children as unique beings.

* 2019 Revised Nuri Curriculum at a Glance
Goals and contents by area for ages 3-5

* Discovering five human characteristics in children's play

Chapter 01.
Move your body freely
Infants growing up as 'healthy people'

1.
Play and physical development in young children
1) Physical development of infants
2) Development of infants' large and small muscles
3) Infant brain development
4) Support from teachers and parents to help children grow into healthy individuals.

2.
Play Cases
1) A play area created in a small space outside the classroom
- Sparkling Heart Skating Rink (ages 5 and up)
2) The entire classroom is a playground.
- Stone bridge play (3 years old)
3) Let's find something that sticks to a magnet.
- Play Story_ The Power of Push and Pull Magnets (Ages 3 and 4)

Chapter 02.
Choose and decide for yourself
Children growing up as 'independent people'

1.
Infant play and the development of self-concept
1) What is an autonomous infant?
2) Development of children's self-concept
3) Support from teachers and parents to help children grow into independent individuals.

2.
Play Cases
1) Play in the classroom has expanded to the yard.
- I like camping (ages 3-5)
2) I want to play whatever I want all day long
- Transferring water with a dropper and other activities in the classroom (ages 4 and 5)
3) Events at infant/toddler play-centered institutions
- Play Story_ Fly as I please! (Ages 1-5)

Chapter 03.
I have a new idea!
Children growing up as 'creative people'

1.
Early Childhood Play and Creative Development
1) The concept of creativity
2) Components of creativity
3) Support from teachers and parents to help children grow into creative individuals

2.
Play Cases
1) You can make anything
Creativity Grows! Express Your Thoughts with Recycled Materials (3 Year Old)
2) I'm curious about airplanes
- Play Story: Airplane Flying on the Wind (ages 3 and 4)
3) Learning numbers is fun too.
- Play Story_ Number play is fun (ages 3 and 4)

Chapter 04.
Feeling and expressing
Children growing up as 'emotionally rich people'

1.
Early Childhood Play and Emotional Development
1) The concept of sensibility
2) The emotional development process of infants
3) Support from teachers and parents to help children grow into emotionally rich individuals.

2.
Play Cases
1) It catches bad dreams
Dreamcatcher Making and Block Play (Ages 4) | 186
2) Make Christmas decorations
- Play Story_ Christmas Lab (ages 3 and 4)
3) I want to marry my favorite friend | 209
- Let's play wedding (ages 4 and 5)

Chapter 05.
I love people and nature!
Children growing up as 'people who live together'

1.
Early Childhood Play and Social Development
1) Development of attachment between infant and caregiver
2) Social development in early childhood
3) Support from teachers and parents to help children grow into people who can live together

2.
Play Cases
1) Move around and play freely.
- Let's play pretend by picking grapes from the vine (mixed ages 3, 4, and 5)
2) Children learning from nature
- Play Story_ Spring, spring has come
3) Let's play together every day
- Play in the integrated classroom, truly living together (5 years old)

&.
Evaluating play-centered learning support for infants and toddlers

References

Early childhood education institutions need to research ways to professionally support children so that they can become the main actors in their own learning, based on the philosophy of each institution.
I hope this book acknowledges the existence of young children as learners and contributes to respecting and professionally supporting them as the subject of a collaborative curriculum.

The play included in this book has been used in early childhood education settings to understand children's play, determine what interests and concerns children in that play, and provide appropriate support. At the back of the case studies, there are sections on 'Understanding Children's Experiences', 'Home Connection', 'Children's Interests and Concerns', 'Next Play Support Plan', 'Consultation Between Children and Children', 'Consultation Between Teachers and Children', and 'Consultation Between Teachers' to specifically guide the practice of a 'curriculum created together' with children in the field.

As we approach the 2025 national integration of preschools and kindergartens, understanding and supporting early childhood learning has become even more important.
If you're wondering how to apply this progressive approach to early childhood education, I encourage you to follow the guidance in this book and support children in becoming active learners through play.

“What should we do today?”

Supporting each and every child to grow into a happy and unique human being, playing their own unique game in the world's playground is such a wonderful and rewarding task. Therefore, teachers continue to walk this path silently today, looking forward to meeting the next children along the way.