Tunnetaidot osana varhaiskasvatusta

Abstract

Opinnäytetyömme tilaajana toimi Kokkolan kaupungin varhaiskasvatuspalvelut. Opinnäytetyömme toteutettiin Kokkolassa sijaitsevaan päiväkotiin. Opinnäytetyössämme oli neljä toiminnallista interventiota, jotka toteutettiin 3–5-vuotiaiden ryhmässä.

Opinnäytetyömme aiheena on tunnetaidot ja tavoitteena on lisätä lasten tietoisuutta tunteista ja heidän omista tunnetaidoistaan suunnittelemiemme interventioiden avulla. Toiminnallisen opinnäytetyömme tarkoituksena oli suunnitella neljä pedagogisesti suunniteltua interventiota, jotka toteutettiin toukokuun 2021 aikana.

Interventioissa käsiteltiin neljää eri perustunnetta, ja jokaisella interventiolla oli oma teemansa. Suoritimme pedagogista dokumentointia ottamalla kuvia lasten tuotoksista.

Opinnäytetyömme sijoittuu varhaiskasvatukseen, joten sitä ohjaavat sosionomin (AMK) var-haiskasvatuskompetenssit, Varhaiskasvatussuunnitelman perusteet ja useat eri kirjalliset lähteet.

This thesis was commissioned by the early childhood education department of the city of Kokkola. This thesis was done in a kindergarten in Kokkola. There were four interventions in this project that were accomplished in a group of 3-5-year olds.

The topic of this thesis is emotional skills, and the objective of this thesis was to increase children’s awareness of emotions and their own emotional skills through interventions. The author’s purpose was to plan four pedagogical emotional skills interventions, which were executed in May 2021.

Interventions processed four basic emotions, and each intervention had its own theme. Pedagogical documentation was used by taking pictures of children’s work.

Since this thesis was operated on early childhood education, the central theory includes several written sources, early childhood education competences and the National Core Curriculum for Early Childhood Education and Care (2018).

The main methods of this thesis were playing, observation and pedagogical documentation. They are also the main methods used in early childhood education. Each method was used in each intervention to obtain results.

The results of this thesis were that children’s emotional skills increased and their understanding of their own feelings grew. These interventions were also suitable for children aged 3-5-year olds, and they went as planned.