子どもの生活と保育内容「環境」とのつながりについての一考察 : 幼児の園での生活と遊びから“生活科”も視野に入れて

本稿では子どもが日々通い保育者や友だちと過ごす保育所や幼稚園、そして認定こども園での幼児の生活や遊び等の諸活動を捉え直して保育内容 領域「環境」との繋がりについて考察を加えた。また園での飼育栽培活動に着目し保育内容 領域「環境」との関連や繋がりについて整理して考察を加え、生活科も視野に入れながら課題等を探った。また保育者として自然環境を重要視することの必要性や保育、教育の実践における子どもと自然との関わりに関する留意事項等を整理した。さらに保育を学ぶ学生の自然体験に関する質問紙調査の結果を踏まえ生活科に繋がる領域「環境」についての学生に対する教授及び指導のより良い在り方や授業の課題等を探った。結果、領域「環境」では自然が最も重要視されていることを確認でき、園での飼育栽培活動が子どもの健やかな成長発達に繋がる意義深い取り組みとなってきていることが判った。また質問紙調査の結果から、学生が飼育栽培活動における子どもへの配慮や援助について重視していることが明らかになった。そして乳幼児が園などで自然環境との触れ合いを通して直接体験する内容や環境教育に関わって保育者や教師の果たす役割が大きく重要となることが分かった。In this article, children are going day by day childcare centers and kindergartens spent with their friends and kindergartens, and certifi ed children\u27s garden The activities such as life and play of infants were recaptured and the connection with the “childcare content area” environment was considered. Also, focusing on breeding cultivation activities in the garden, we examined the relationships and connections with the “environment” in the childcare content domain and examined them while also considering the living department. We also organized the necessity of emphasizing the natural environment as childcare workers, childcare, and items to be noted on children\u27s relationship with nature in the practice of education. In addition, based on the results of the questionnaire survey on the nature experience of students studying childcare, we explored the better way of teaching and teaching students about the “environment” that leads to the department of life and the problems of lessons etc. As a result, it was confi rmed that nature is regarded as the most important in the domain “environment”, and it was found that the breeding cultivation activity in the garden has become a meaningful effort leading to the child\u27s healthy growth and development. The results of the questionnaire survey also revealed that students emphasize consideration and aid to children in breeding cultivation activities. And it turned out that the role of infants and children and their experiences directly experienced through contact with the natural environment and the role played by teachers and teachers in environmental education are important