2007 年 72 巻 611 号 p. 45-51
Kindergarten teachers make children learn the appropriate ways and manners of several basic life behaviors. At first, we grasp the following basic life behavior. These are changing shoes and clothes, going to the rest room, washing hands, preparing and putting away toys and tools, preparing and clearing the tables and chairs, and etc. But children behave according to the difference of learning methods of kindergartens. Secondly, these children' basic life behaviors take place on each environment for each kind of behavior, we explore the following places and design elements around classrooms. These are the layout of the building entrance and the arrangement and design of shoe shelves, rest room, wash basin and faucet, children's baggage shelves and private tools shelves. Thirdly, we show the characteristics of basic life behaviors corresponding to the difference of environmental design of each place.