Children's Favorite Research Articles

Shall we play?: listening to children’s voices using a playful approach

ABSTRACT There is a paucity of research that has effectively listened to children's voices on matters important to them and has asked them how they would like to be listened to. This study used a playful approach to listen to children's voices about play spaces in their primary school. The research questions were: •How can a playful approach be used to listen to children's voices about what children would like their new play space to look like? •Why did children choose particular resources to communicate their thoughts about those spaces?Forty-two primary school children (ages 5-6 years) chose which method/s they would like to engage with to share their voices from blocks, clay, drawings, percussion instruments and loose parts storytelling. In line with our Playful Research Ethics Framework (PREF), interactive ethics sessions were delivered using puppets, music and Makaton and on-going assent was monitored.This article focuses on clay and blocks data; children's favourite and preferred methods to listen to their voices. Rich data were collected through artefacts, photographs and conversations. The findings suggest that incorporating a playful approach and providing multiple ateliers and resources to choose from, can ensure children's voices can be heard and amplified.The study makes several original contributions, namely, designing a Playful Research Ethics Framework, aligning the research design of multiple ateliers with free-flow play and including a large sample size. This study also highlighted children's agency within the research process as children chose how and when their voices should be heard, and invited children to share their preferences for being listened to in future.

부모와 중·고등학생의 어린이 기호식품 품질인증에 대한 인식 및 만족도 연구

This study aims to analyze the difference in perception and satisfaction between parents and middle and high school students about the quality certification of children's favorite foods through an online survey to derive measures to expand and revitalize the system. 46.7% of parents and 45.3% of middle-high school students have heard of the quality certification of children's favorite foods. The most important factors considered when purchasing children's favorite foods were raw materials and ingredients, nutrients, preferences, food period, and quality certification. Parents occasionally check the quality certification mark when purchasing or eating children's favorite foods, with 0.451 points, but middle and high school students do not check it often. It was found that parents showed significantly higher satisfaction than middle and high school students in all categories of utilization, necessity, effectiveness, influence, and delivery of children's favorite food satisfaction. In addition, neither group checks nor utilizes quality certification marks well when purchasing children's favorite foods, so policy supplementation such as promotion and education is needed. Based on this study's results, education and promotion of the system through more active and diverse channels are needed to manage children's dietary safety by expanding the quality certification of children's favorite foods in the future.

Parental attitudes and high caloric share of ultra-processed foods in children’s lunchboxes

This study analyzed the caloric share of ultra-processed foods in preschoolers' lunchboxes and associated parental attitudes. The snacks were registered and classified according to the NOVA classification: In Natura or Minimally Processed Foods; Processed Foods; Ultra-processed Foods and Culinary Ingredients. A questionnaire was applied to the parents to identify parental attitudes. Pearson's Chi-Square, Student's t-tests, and Beta regression models were used. The caloric share of ultra-processed Food in lunchboxes was 55%, being 7% for In Natura or minimally processed foods. There was a significant association between the caloric share of ultra-processed food and parental attitudes: only sending snacks that kids like (p=0,005), choosing foods with the child's favorite TV characters(p=0,03), convenience(p=0,01), being able to buy all snacks at the supermarket(p=0,002), not reading the food label(p=0,025), not having information to prepare a healthy lunchbox(p=0,016), and the mother not being the person who prepares the lunchbox(p=0,002). Parental attitudes are strongly associated with the children's eating habits, which is why it is important strengthening public policies that regulate the provision of ultra-processed foods.

Application of Mianzhu New Year Painting Art Style in Childrens Picture Books

This paper analyzes the attraction of children's language learning and literacy through the collation of Chinese Mianzhu New Year's Paintings art style, analyzes the attraction of children's language learning and literacy through the reading of early children's New Year's Paintings art style picture books, summarizes the use of pre-school children's favorite picture book survey reports and data, and analyzes the case of the excellent picture book design that has won awards for integrating the Chinese traditional art style, and the result shows that Mianzhu New Year's Paintings art style has great potential to be explored in the field of picture books. The results show that Mianzhu Nianhua art style in the field of picture books has great potential to be explored, and its artistic characteristics have strong extensibility and integration, and the use of saturated, bright colors combined with children's favorite picture book themes will be more attractive to children to read picture books. This study provides a new design reference for the integration of traditional Chinese art styles with children's picture books, which can enhance children's language learning and literacy skills while promoting the traditional Chinese art of Mianzhu New Year's Paintings.

P14-038-23 The Association Between Mukbang Watching, Dietary Quality, and Children's Favorite Foods Consumption in Korean Children

P14-038-23 The Association Between Mukbang Watching, Dietary Quality, and Children's Favorite Foods Consumption in Korean Children

PERILAKU KONSUMSI SAYUR DAN BUAH PADA ANAK USIA DINI TAMAN KANAK-KANAK WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS RI SIDOMULYO

Consumption of vegetables and fruits that contain sources of vitamins, minerals and fiber are needed by the body in achieving a healthy lifestyle. Consuming less vegetables and fruit can cause degenerative diseases such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, high blood pressure, and cancer. Riskesdas 2018 data states that as many as 95.5% of the population aged ≥5 years consume vegetables and fruits under the recommendation. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence fruit and vegetable consumption in early childhood kindergartens in the working area of ​​the RI Sidomulyo puskesmas. The research is quantitative with cross sectional design. The sampling technique uses stratified random sampling technique with a sample of 99 people. Statistical test results using Chi square obtained knowledge of mother's nutritional P value = 0.373> α 0.05 (CI = 649-3.164), children's nutritional status P value = 0.903> α 0.05 (CI = 385-4436), Children's Favorite P value = 0.050 <α 0.05 (CI = 1,103-8,233), Availability of Vegetables and Fruits P value = 0.023 <α 0.05 (CI = 1,226-6,302), Menu Variations P value = 0,600> α 0.05 (CI = 514-3,160), Family Practice P value = 0.814> α 0.05 (CI = 0.401-2.051), Family Income P value = 0.070 <α 0.05 (CI = 683-54.007). The conclusion is that there is no relationship between maternal nutritional knowledge, nutritional status, variations in menu, family practices while preference, availability of vegetables and fruit, family income is related to the behavior of kindergarten consumption of fruits and vegetables in the working area of ​​the RI Sidomulyo Puskesmas in 2020. It is expected that the puskesmas and schools to be able to provide parents with information about the importance of vegetable and fruit consumption so that they can prepare vegetables and fruit for their children's daily supplies.

TEACHING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION THROUGH CARTOONS: THE CASE OF RAMAZAN TAYFA CARTOON FILM

There are many studies investigating the positive or negative effects of cartoons on children. Cartoons can attract children auditory and visually with the colors and sounds they use. For this reason, children watch cartoons with great attention and can be quite affected by what they watch. Here, sometimes a child addicted to violence can be created, and sometimes a child who has learned how to act in harmony can be created. The aim of this study is to determine whether the Ramazan Tayfa cartoon, which is designed to give religious education to children, reaches its goal. This study, which was designed using the content analysis method, was structured as a case study in order to conduct an in-depth examination. While the sample of the research was Ramazan Tayfa episodes, which is one of the children's favorite cartoons and broadcast on TRT Children's channel, the data were obtained and analyzed by document analysis. In the research, a total of 30 episodes of the Ramazan Tayfa cartoon were examined. As a result, it has been revealed by this study that religious education can be transferred to children with cartoons and that cartoons can play an active role in creating religious awareness.

The Use Of Cartoons In The Transfering Historical Places To Children: The Example Of Istanbul Guards

There are many studies in the literature that investigate the effects of cartoons on children and their functions. Cartoons are also essential visual elements in conveying narratives and cultures from the past to the present. The aim of this study, which examines the role of cartoons in transmitting historical places to the next generations, is to introduce the historical places in the Istanbul Guards cartoon and to create historical awareness in children. This study, which was designed using the content analysis method, was structured as a case study to make an in-depth analysis. While the episodes of Istanbul's Guards, one of the children's favourite cartoons and broadcast on TRT Children's channel, constitute the research sample, the data were obtained and analyzed through document analysis. The research were examined eight episodes of the cartoon "The Guardians of Istanbul". As a result, it has been tried to be revealed with this study that historic places can be transferred to children with cartoons and that cartoons can play an active role in creating historical awareness, especially in children.

Impacts of a personalized book giveaway intervention in low-SES households

This study reports whether a personalized book giveaway intervention boosts both parents’ perception about their 33-month-old (52% female) children's interest in books and reading (through a children's reading interest scale, and report of the child's favorite book), as well as child and adult engagement during shared reading. 198 Chilean families, recruited from childcare centers serving low-income families, were randomly assigned to personalized (n = 81), comparison (n = 63), and control (n = 54) groups. The intervention indicated partial effectiveness, as after two weeks of repeatedly reading the given book, families from the personalized group reported higher odds that their children have a favorite book than the odds in the comparison and control groups. Moreover, families who read the personalized book had higher likelihood of mentioning the title of the gifted and other book than the comparison group. However, the comparison group scored higher than the personalized group in terms of children's interest in books. Additionally, more verbal (children say more words, take more turns, including extended turns, and make more comments that link the story with their own lives) and some—but not all—affective engagement indicators (laughs, enjoyment) were identified in dyads who read the personalized book than those who read a comparison. In contrast, on the scale of perception of interest in books, the comparison group obtained a greater average rating of perceived child interest than the control group. Implications are discussed for refining interventions with low-SES families that favor early exposure to reading and exploring ways to scale up this intervention modality.

Parental control in children’s overweight and obesity prevention

Introduction. Proper nutrition is one of the fundamental factors necessary for the healthy growth and development of children. The aim of this study was to examine the role of overt and covert parental control in the formation of excess body mass index (BMI) (overweight or obesity) in children. Materials and methods. The study included 135 residents of the Republic of Bashkortostan who had 7-11 year children with a z-score for BMI of at least -1 (optimal body weight, overweight, obesity). The collection of primary data was carried out in 2019 through a questionnaire. Statistical processing of the data was performed using logistic regression analysis, where the presence of excess BMI (overweight or obesity) in a child was considered as a dependent variable, and 25 questions characterizing the use of overt and covert parental control over nutrition were considered as covariates (Birch L.L. et al., 2001 (Child Feeding Questionnaire); Ogden J., Reynolds R., and Smith A., 2006). Results. According to the data obtained, the risk of exceeding BMI in children increased if parents offered them their favourite food in exchange for good behaviour (overt control - restriction-reward) (B=0.361, p=0.016), and decreased if parents refrained from buying sweets and chips for home (covert control) (B=-0.374, p=0.033). Conclusion. Parents' use of covert controls in the form of abstaining from buying sweets and chips at home, as well as refusal of such explicit controls as using a child's favorite food in exchange for good behavior, make a significant contribution to preventing the formation of overweight and obesity in children.

NILAI KARAKTER DARI DONGENG ANAK PADA MAJALAH BOBO DAN IMPLEMENTASINYA DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

Children's fairy tales are a literary art that presents children's favorite entertainment and there is knowledge to increase children's knowledge. Children's fairy tales are a way to instill five main values in strengthening character education. It must be known, namely religious values, nationalism, integrity, independence, and mutual cooperation. This research was a qualitative research by describing the five main values of character education in the children’s fairy tale on bobo.grid.id and its implementation in learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The researcher as the key instrument carried out heuristic and hermeneutic readings to find and describe the main values of character education, namely religious, nationalist, integrity, independent, and mutual cooperation values in Bobo children's fairy tales. The results show that there are five main values of character education in children's fairy tales on bobo.grid.id that can be implemented in learning during the Covid-19 pandemic such as praying to God so that the pandemic will end soon and protocols comply with the safety of self and others.

Do children favor snacks and dislike vegetables? Exploring children’s food preferences using drawing as a projective technique. A cross-cultural study

ObjectiveTo avoid the rising spread of childhood obesity and preserve resources within planetary boundaries, healthy and sustainable eating habits and the consumption of adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables should be encouraged. Children's food preference was found to be an important determinant for food choice and consumption. The aim of this study was to explore children's food preferences using drawing as a projective technique in terms of healthy and sustainable eating and compare food preference patterns in Denmark and Lithuania. MethodIn total 484 children, aged between 8 and 13 years old, participated in the study (147 in Denmark and 337 in Lithuania). Participants were asked to fill the food preference questionnaire and answer questions about their daily intake of fruits, vegetables, and snacks and draw their favorite meal afterward. Sociodemographic questions about children's age, gender, parents' employment, and family composition were also included in the questionnaire. ResultsFruits, vegetables, highly-processed and animal-based foods were not included in a large part of children's most preferred meal composition. Favorite meals' composition varied among children in both countries and included different products from separate food groups. Vegetables were more likely to be present in the children's favorite meals together with meat products. Girls in both countries had more expressed vegetable preferences than boys. Boys in Lithuania had a relatively more expressed preference for highly-processed foods, while Danish girls had a more expressed preference for animal-based products. ConclusionsChildren's preferences for foods such as meat and animal-based products expressed in children's drawings, might be considered as relatively positive in terms of sustainable eating. However, children's preferences and intake of fruits and vegetables should still be encouraged among young consumers. Cultural and gender differences in children's food preferences should be considered while creating interventions and marketing strategies for promoting healthy and sustainable eating among young consumers.

Disgustingly good!

Turn to a new page for cooking by linking children's favourite stories to the preparation of tasty treats. One favourite is bound to be The Disgusting Sandwich, says Karen Hart.

FATHER'S INVOLVEMENT IN PARENTING CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

Cerebral palsy children need special treatment from their parents. The optimal caring from father has a significant influence on the development of children with cerebral palsy. This study aims to explore the role of fathers in caring for children with cerebral palsy. This research uses a qualitative approach. This study uses semi-structured interviews with fathers who have children with cerebral palsy. The results of this study found that fathers play an active role in childcare. Fathers help build good relationships with children by inviting them to play, sing, and read a child's favourite storybook. Even though he is busy at work, the father always tries to fulfil the children's needs such as bathing, eating, giving medication, changing diapers and routine therapy. Each participant in this study had their parenting challenges. Although sometimes the participants feel unwilling to do therapy on children, what makes them enthusiastic is their high expectations.

FATHER'S INVOLVEMENT IN PARENTING CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

Cerebral palsy children need special treatment from their parents. The optimal caring from father has a significant influence on the development of children with cerebral palsy. This study aims to explore the role of fathers in caring for children with cerebral palsy. This research uses a qualitative approach. This study uses semi-structured interviews with fathers who have children with cerebral palsy. The results of this study found that fathers play an active role in childcare. Fathers help build good relationships with children by inviting them to play, sing, and read a child's favourite storybook. Even though he is busy at work, the father always tries to fulfil the children's needs such as bathing, eating, giving medication, changing diapers and routine therapy. Each participant in this study had their parenting challenges. Although sometimes the participants feel unwilling to do therapy on children, what makes them enthusiastic is their high expectations.

Dinosaur stomp

The books of Ian Whybrow combine two of children's favourite things – dinosaurs and the potential for exuberant movement, particularly when they play ‘Dinosaur stomp’.

Pengenalan Konsep Matematika pada Anak Usia Dini melalui Lagu

The comprehension concept of number and geometric shape in early childhood is needed to develop children's interest to mathematic. Introducing the concept of number and geometry in early childhood is first step of learning mathematic so the learning process is more fun and children do not scared of mathematic. To motivate children's favorite level to mathematic, the devotion team of Study Program Mathematic Education at PGRI ADI BUANA Surabaya do assistance activities to PAUD mother in Gondang, Mojokerto with the aim to introducing mathematical concept in early childhood through song. The song was chosen by devotion team as an alternative learning media because it was based on the result discussion with PAUD mother community when the team survey state that through song it was able to give pleasure to children. This activity consist of 10 devotion teams that consist of 5 lecturers and 5 students with 28 PAUD mothers in Gondong, Mojokerto. The result achieved from this dedication activity are able to contribute to PAUD mother in creating poetry and song lyric related to mathematical concept. The program sustainability plan is to register the copyright of the song by PAUD mother as intelectual property.

Environmental Print Model Based on Family Stimulation Solutions Ability Reading Initial Children in the Era of Pandemic Virus Dangerous

The turbulence of Coronaviruses sometime this past raises fear and anxiety for everyone. Moreover, the spread of this virus has penetrated all over the country so it is expressed as a pandemic condition. One of the solutions highly recommended by the WHO and supported by health experts and government policy is to keep social distance physically. These conditions include the impact on the application of the program at home only. In the educational world, social distancing policies also impact child education, which leads to the role of education in returning to the family. For the stimulation of children's education is not stopped, parents need to use creative models to stimulate children's abilities. One model that can be used in stimulating the ability of children, especially the ability to read early children is to use a family-based environmental Print model. This model is one of the simulation models by engineered the environment around the house by expanding the patch of the writings by observing the children's favorite places and favorites.Keywords: Environmental Print, Family, Solutions, Stimulation, Early Reading, Pandemic Era

Things

Things brenda Lin (bio) My mother talks to me in fruits and vegetables. On Tuesdays, the first day of the week traditional wet markets are open in Taiwan, red-and-white striped plastic bags will appear in my house, couriered across town by my mother's faithful driver/gofer/handyman. The bags will be filled with all of my children's favorite foods. Because my husband is from San Diego, and because he is not Taiwanese, it constantly surprises and delights my mother when my children like foods that are very Taiwanese. The foods that she sends over include passion fruits with deep-hued purple skin, sent with handwritten notes reminding me to wait until the skin is puckered before consuming; small, soft guavas with an aroma so sweet and powerful, they perfume the entire house. Once, my mother observed the children clamoring for calamari rings at a family dinner, and ever since, if she finds freshly caught squid at the market, a bag of three or four will also appear, slick and glistening. If you hit it just so, the layer just underneath the translucent skin explodes into what looks like a million tiny stars. That's how you know the squid is still alive. Cucumbers are a staple, as are sweet potatoes and whatever leafy-green vegetables are in season—there is one called "A vegetable" in Taiwanese, which the children find hilarious, and will always ask instead for "B vegetable." On the days she doesn't go to the market, boxes of fancy-grade fruit will arrive—giant green grapes the size of plums shipped from Japan or a species of wax apples dubbed "Black King Kong," because its skin is a deep red, richer and darker than the rosy skin of its more plebeian cousins. If not boxes of fruit or intricately packaged Taiwanese tea or nougats or the latest [End Page 265] award-winning pineapple or moon cakes, there will be takeout containers of various sizes and half-drunk bottles of wine. Judging by the contents of those boxes, or the name of the hotel restaurant printed on the paper bags in which they were carried, I can often guess which friends my parents dined with the previous evening. ________ When I first started living on my own in New York City after college, I loved having an almost-empty refrigerator, stocked with only the essentials I needed for the next few days. A visiting friend once opened up my cupboards one after another and grimaced: "You have no snacks!" I like having just what I need. This was before I knew about Marie Kondo or minimalism; for me, it just felt natural and made sense. I have never liked complication or too much hassle. In fact, when too many things start piling up, my insides start squeezing tight and I feel a physical constriction. In Chinese, hassle is ma fan—a combination of the characters for numbness and irritation. That encapsulates how I physically feel when there are too many things around me. I've never named this feeling as anxiety, but I do think it's a form of it. ________ Lately, the things arriving daily at my house have become much more than just fruits and vegetables. My mother has been retired for twenty years now. The first several years of her retirement, she traveled to remote parts of China and Southeast Asia to add to her collection of children's textiles made by indigenous tribes. She published books on her collection, organized by category—a book on children's hats, a book on baby carriers, a book on purses, another book on baby bibs and collars. She learned about the process of cultivating cotton plants and silk from silkworms, studied the ways dyes were extracted from plants and flowers, observed the different embroidery techniques used in different tribes, translated their signs and symbols into stories. She gathered her collection and organized exhibitions with local museums in Taiwan. She did what I imagine I would do in retirement—all the things she always wanted to do but which the daily minutiae in the life of a working mother prevented. After the books...

Preservation of Traditional Children’s Songs Through the Development of Traditional Music Patrol Learning Materials Based on Creative Music

This research develops patrol composition material that is working on creative music that aims to make students interested because the songs that are sung are not only traditional but are now the children's favorite now also doal songs that are worked on in the form of creative music. This study uses a development research approach (development research), which is a research method used to produce certain products and test the effectiveness of the product and its approach through qualitative ethnomusicology that is packaged through the concept of cultivation. In general, the products of this research will facilitate teachers in teaching art to students. This happens because the material has been developed according to students' appreciation. This development product will add students' interest in dolanan songs. In addition to the interesting learning material, the material is packaged more interactively so that students enjoy patrol learning so that learning can be more effective, efficient and well targeted.