The Lives of Children Encountered in the Transition Time of an Early Childhood Education Institution

This study aims to create images of various children by exploring the lives of children encountered in the transition time of an early childhood education institution. From August 21 to 25, 2023, a total of 25 hours were observed from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hana Kindergarten Haneul class (age of 3, 15 people) located in A city, and researchers tried to understand how children's lives were unfolding by re-turning/thinking-with. As a result of the study, we were able to see images of children who break boundaries and create new relationships, children who live in our class community, children who penetrate and stand with the world, children who make friends with the world in a overlapping state, children who actively interfere and participate, children who sensibly respond to entanglement with the world and prove differences. Through the process of continuously asking questions and tapping into the children's potential, we therefore discussed the importance of listening to the creation of new children, and the importance of teachers’ pedagogy to read children's behavior every moment. Through this, the transition time, which is not noticed in the curriculum, will be able to have a meaning as a time when children's lives and learning continue.