Abstract
The aim of this article is to investigate children’s playful shared movements on the preschool playground and to understand their doings when they perform apparently new and unexpected movements in these meetings. Video observations and field notes from two preschools constitute the empirical material, and we have analyzed three situations from the video observations to investigate the research question. The findings indicate that children in playful movement interactions use their habits to create moments that introduce something new and unexpected, what Daniel Stern (2007) conceptualizes as critical now moments. These now moments are opened up by imaginings, transformations, and excitement. In these moments, children can be creative and curious, leading to opportunities to experience growth in how they use their body and the place. Whether now moments led to creativity, growth and development, seemed to depend on the emotional attunement between the participants.
Highlights
Children’s lives in contemporary societies are increasingly organized, and children are more sedentary than ever before (World Health Organization [WHO], 2019, p. 1)
The thrilling emotions created by the distinctive character of the buttock game seemed to bind the two children bodily and emotionally.We argue that this illustrates that does emotional attunement lead to bodily challenges and moments of meeting, but bodily challenges lead to thrilling emotions (Sandseter & Kennair, 2011) and the creation of moments of meeting
Concluding remarks The situations analyzed in this article indicate that playful shared movements have some characteristics that promote the creation of moments
Summary
Children’s lives in contemporary societies are increasingly organized, and children are more sedentary than ever before (World Health Organization [WHO], 2019, p. 1). 12) point of view the trend is clear: Nations appear to give priority to academically targeted plans and actions to create modern knowledge societies, and on this basis they express concern for children’s opportunities to play and be physically active. The consequence of this preference may be that movement, the body, and free play are partially left behind. There are signs that movement and play are being moved up on the agenda, they are often seen as an instrument for improving children’s health or Citation: L.
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