A Study on educational and meaningful play

This study aims to explore whether play and learning, including young children's intention are educational and meaningful. To this end, the play cases of the ｢2019 Revised Nuri Curriculum｣ play operation casebook were analyzed as a content analysis method. The research results showed that play including young children's intention were qualitative experience play, empathic sharing play, and contextual thinking play. In these types of play, young children experience that their thoughts and actions were respected, and relationships and learning were valued. Based on this, it was discussed as follows. First, play including young children's intention is the substantial practice of Nuri Curriculum. Second, play including young children's intention is the educational and meaningful apporach of broadly encompasses the scope of 'learning revealed in play' can complement the limitations of approach centered on the five domains of the existing.