Nytråkk i gamle spor. Retrospektivt blikk på hverdagslivet i en småbarnsgruppe.

An increasingly number of small children attends day care in Norway. This is a challenging situation that calls for increased research on different aspects of quality of daily life within institutional settings. We need more knowledge about how children experiences daily life in day care. Studying small children`s daily life is however a challenging methodological matter. In this small case study we have conducted retrospective talks with four 4-5 year old children two years after they left day care setting for toddlers. The children were invited back to their former day care to guide the researchers within these locations. Artifacts, toys and furniture seemed to trig their memories as “walking along”. Children also were invited to bring their individual “memory-books” from their first day care period, a book that contained various documentations (photos, drawings and art productions) from their toddler period. During data-collection children presented glimpses from former day care period and shared memories from their daily life in day care “back then”. Results from these two retrospective talks with children as well as methodological and ethics aspects related to searching for children`s perspectives is given attention in this article