Effects of Organizing Guided Play Activities and Outdoor Loose Parts Towards Collaborative Play Behaviors of Kindergarteners

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) Study the effect of organizing guided play activities with outdoor loose parts towards collaborative play behaviours of kindergarteners in three components, namely sharing, negotiating and following rules; 2) Compare the effect of organizing guided play activities with outdoor loose parts and outdoor activities, according to the early childhood curriculum, towards collaborative play behaviours of kindergarteners. The sample consisted of forty-eight kindergarteners studying in Kindergarten Class 3, second semester of academic year 2021 at Watsawangarom School under the Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The samples were equally divided into Experimental and Control groups by drawing lots. The duration of the research was ten weeks. The research instrument was the collaborative play behaviour assessment form. Data was analysed by employing the arithmetic mean, standard deviation and math paired t-test. The research results found that: 1) After the study, the Experimental group gained a higher mean score of collaborative behaviours in all three components than before, at a .05 statistically significant level; 2) After the study, the Experimental group had a higher mean score of collaboratives than those of the Control group, at a .05 statistically significant level.