Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Japan
Online ISSN : 2433-0027
Print ISSN : 0387-1185
ISSN-L : 0387-1185
CHILD'S ACTIVTIES AND SPACE UTILIZATION AT NURSERY SCHOOLS : A Study on Nursey School Planning (2)
NOBUKO OGAWAJUNKO ISHIISACHIKO SAITO
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1979 Volume 276 Pages 123-131

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The report is a second part of the series work about nursery school planning, and here we would like to advance our study on the space separation. We have surveyed 6 facilities in Tokyo and examined whole day activities on each place. The main results from our reserches are following; 1) The activities of infants and babies are differnt Basic flow of daily activities of both infants and babies is FreePlay (it is not arranged under the specific guidances by staff)-Care with a Certain Intention (for instance, drawing, singing, gymnastics etc.)-Feeding-Dressing-Nap-Dressing-Feeding-Free-Play. These activities are overlaped a little and this phenomina is much more evident on babies' activities. Babies take highter rate of time for Feeding, Nap and Dressing comparing with infants, and infants spend their time with a Care of Certain Intention longer than babies. As for relations between children and staffs, babies' is completely different from infants'. Babies require individual contact and infants prefer to contact in the group. These differncese come from alternative steps of child's development mentally and physically. 2) No separation of spaces Almost every kinds of activities of both infants and babies are done at one nurseryroom. It causes confusions of space utelization, because several kinds of activitices have to be done in one room. The worst condition appears at the changing point of activies, for instance, from Feeding to Nap, from Nap to Dressing.
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