Abstract
In recent years, the use of wood is increasing in nursery facilities such as kindergartens and nursery schools. It is necessary to clarify the effect on childcare by using wood. We pay attention to interior materials that children can see and touch the wooden materials directly. We clarified that the childcare guidance method and the evaluation of the child's condition differ according to the interior wood quality ratio by using a questionnaire. The main results are as follows.
a) The actual condition of interior wooden finish
When 50% of wood is used on the floor/ceiling surface, we showed that the interior of nursery room is made of wooden finish. The specification is to use flooring on the floor surface and some wooden materials on the ceiling surface. However, the wooden proportion of wooden facilities does not necessarily increase from the limitation of “NAISHO FUNEN”. Also, when 40% of wood is used on the Wall surface, we showed that the interior of nursery room is made of wooden finish. Its specifications not only make the wainscot a wood finish but also make furniture and the like a wood finish.
b) The Consciousness of using by Child care workers and teachers
Child care worker and teacher are struggling to cope with scratches, hanging, and slipperiness of wood. In order to use the wood in the nursery room, guidance on these maintenances is necessary. The wood finish was used on the ceiling surface rather than the wall surface, the impression of the nursery room improved.
c) Influence on childcare
In the nursery room of 3-5-year-old, compared with the interior of wooden finish and half-wooden finish, the percentage of answers that the situation of "Difficulty concentrating attention" and "Sleepiness and tiredness" can be seen in the interior of non-wooden finish is 8 to 14% it was high. In the 0-2-year-old nursery room, there is no difference in evaluations by the child care workers and teachers in the interior of wooden finish compared with the 3-5-year-old nursery room. Also, from the viewpoint of the child care workers and teachers, the percentage of respondents say that the influence of interior of wooden finish is seen in terms of "calm down, not get injured, no stress, concentration”. Like the impression of the nursery room, the evaluation by the child care workers and teachers is higher for the interior of wooden finish to ceilings and floor surfaces. It is seen that the influence on the behavior of the child develops into play by touching the finish off the tree and smelling the smell and grain. Therefore, it is better to select the materials based on the feel, smell, and grain of the wood.
