"To create a safe and secure environment for children is a and o" : A qualitative interview study on preschool educators´ experiences on attachments and how they consider it to affect children´s exploring in play

The aim of this study has focused on preschool educators´ experience on connection and how they consider it to affect children's exploring in play. The method used in this study is semi structured interviews. In the interviews 4 childcare workers and 4 preschool teachers participated from a small municipality in Central Sweden. Our collected data was analyzed by using content analysis where we started to colour code the content in different colours. Who did that we began to pick out substantially categories that formed our result. The result is presented through quotes and summaries of what they said from where the preschool educators describe in the interviews. The result that emerged showed that safe environment is A and O for children to explore their outside world and take on the play. In addition, the data shows that the introduction puts the foundations for how children develop attachment to the preschool educator. It strives after that children should develop a safety to the preschool educators, preschools environment and to their friends. Preschool educators use similar strategies to create a safe attachment to the children. It is emphasized the value of being a present and present preschool educator that is curious together with the children.