抄録
Children play indoor and outdoor, with the characteristics or these situations differing spatially and socially. Indoor and outdoor areas were classified according to characteristics such a common space, flat space, desks, and playground equipment. The differences in the social relationship between children were examined depending on space type. Participants were seventeen three-year-old and twenty five-year-old children in a preschool, who were observed in free play situations. Results indicated that three-year-old children had long interaction with others in the common space, and long solitary play in the flat space, in both indoor and outdoor situations, Five-year-old children had long interaction in both situations. Moreover, both age groups used the common space in outdoor situation to shift easily from proximity to interaction and to easily develop relations with various peers.
