Abstract
This study aims to search for sound environment as children's learning field. We investigated sound environment at free playing scene in the kindergarten focused on interaction between children·nursery teacher and playing space.
The results were as follows: (1) Differ from children's age (behavior, the interaction with nursery teacher or environment) influenced sound environment, (2) There are characteristics of sound environment adapted to how large playing spaces are and which these spaces are indoors or outdoors, (3) Activity sound is mixed if many different playing groups played same space, so sometimes such situation causes noisy sound environment, (4) Setting equipment by nursery teacher that means selection of toy or space partition have a great influence on sound environment of whole of playing space.
