Space Planning of Kindergarten based on the Nuri, Kindergarten Curriculum from cases of Kindergartens of Cheongju, Korea

摘要

For infants and toddlers, a play is an important learning activity for toddlers' growth and development and serves as an important factor related to many behaviors. Accordingly, a lot of play facilities are required in the kindergarten. But, in reality, many kindergarten facilities are built with limited space that they do not even satisfy the standards set by the infants and toddlers-related laws, due to the increase in land prices and space shortage caused by the urbanization. The space planning of a kindergarten is to be made in a way that the balanced development of infants and toddlers should be promoted by reducing unnecessary space with the arrangements of classroom for each area and making suggestions for diverse spaces characterized by each education, in compliance with the education guidelines from the 2nd revision of Nuri kindergarten curriculum, which target the balanced development of infants and toddlers that include cognitive development, physical development, social skills development, language development, and emotional development. Accordingly, it is required to examine class layout that can add or relocate a hall, playground, safety education room, library, speech room, recreation room, musical instruments play room, arts education room, and/or science education room. Also, it is necessary to consider the new establishments of infants and toddler-related laws and systems in a way that the recommended facilities or new classrooms required by the changes in new educational areas and methods in the kindergarten curriculum can be constructed and arranged.