How, what and why do teachers educate pre-schoolchildren about the human body? : A study of five teachers´ way to work with natural science in pre-school

The intention with this research was to examine teachers´ thoughts about how they work in pre-school with the children concerning the body and it's different in scientific concepts. If and how teachers´ emphasizes scientific concepts concerning the body in their activities, what they regard as most important and why they consider this to be important for small children to know and what do Lpfö-98 say according to the way to work with science?! The material for the research has been collected through qualitative interviews with five teacher´s in pre-school. The result shows that most of the teachers´ in pre-school regard education of the body and it´s concepts as a natural element in the daily activity. The criteria for teachers´ thoughts around this education are: the children's interests, the teachers´ own competence and interests and the importance of giving the children a full view about the body from the start. The teachers´ consider knowledge about the body and its functions important because the body is one of the most important tools that the children have. Therefore they try to include both planned and spontaneous teaching in their daily activities