The infant notices a lot of things and moves the heart through a relation with nature. In this research, we figured out the present situation of the natural experience with Five Senses at kindergarten and nursery center. As a result, experience through five senses of spring and summer is very active at a large number of kindergartens, but there are few experiences in autumn and winter, especially, there is clearly that the number of kindergarten which presents an experience to "eat" by a season except the summer is over 30 less than the number of it in summer. And also, from the following data, we understood that kindergartener and nursery staff does all kinds of things to fit a natural experience in the everyday life. 74.8% of all activity was performed in kindergartens. There was more the natural activity that they carried out on the sidelines of the regular life in kindergartens, for example, in walk time (37 activities), time for expression activity (81), and time for activities in garden (49).

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  As basic materials for the review and renovation of kindergarten playgrounds, this study surveys the actual artificial mounds in the playgrounds of all municipal kindergartens and authorized centers for early childhood education and care in City S, categorizing their shapes and locations within the playgrounds. In addition, based on interviews with parents/guardians, it clarifies the actual state of children’s play on the artificial mounds. The survey found that the mounds could be categorized into a hill type and a type combined with play equipment. Categories of locations within the playgrounds included a type next to fixed play equipment and a free-standing type. Children’s actual play, as seen from the parents’ perspective, was analyzed according to the five areas of nursery care, with play in all five areas confirmed. The above enables a examination of the multivalent possibilities of artificial mounds, providing insight for the renovation of kindergarten playgrounds.

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