Research On The Different-age Interactive Behaviors In The Mixed-age Regional Activities

Under the social background of family planning and single-family living condition,there’re less opportunities for children to communicate and interact with children of different ages.In the meantime,the interaction behavior of different ages is of great significance to children’s cognitive behavior,social cognition,interaction and etc.Therefore,in order to make up for the lack of education from different ages in kindergarten education,many kindergartens have conducted mixed-age regional activities in recent years so as to promote interactions between children of different ages.This study makes different-age interaction behaviors in mixed-age regional activities as the research object,takes the cognitive psychology,personality development theory and theory of symbolic interaction theory as the foundation and the observation method as the basic research method,conducts in-depth analysis of the characteristics and influencing factors of the different-age interaction behaviors in mixed-age regional activities of children,and puts forward corresponding suggestions to improve the different-age interaction quality in mixed-age regional activities.The results of the study show that the cross-age interaction behaviors in the mixed-age area activities have the following characteristics:First,in terms of interaction frequency,the frequency of cross-age interaction is closely related to area categories,and there are significant differences in the types of interaction themes and interaction frequencies in different areas.Second,the scope of interaction is broad,but the tendency of the subject,themes and mode of interaction is obvious.Third,in terms of depth of interaction,the depth of cross-age interaction is not enough.there’s a lack of deep interaction.Fourth,in terms of interaction outcomes,children are more receptive to cross-age interaction behaviors,and the frequencies of girls accepting interaction behaviors is higher than those of boys.Besides,the results of the study show that there are problems such as low frequency of interaction,single mode of interaction,short duration of interaction,lack of attention to emotions in interaction,and obvious tendency of interaction themes in the children cross-age interaction behaviors in the mixed-age area activities.At that,we analyzed the reasons from the aspects of spatial planning of mixed-age area,activity material placement activity evaluation,teachers’ theoretical understanding and guiding behavior,providing a basis for proposing corresponding solutions.Based on the above research results,the researcher puts forward the following suggestions on how to better promote children’s different-age interaction behaviors in mixed-age regional activities and improve the quality of different-age interactions:Firstly,scientifically plan the play space and create an environment that supports children’s different-age interaction.Secondly,provide hierarchical and diversified activity materials to meet the needs of different children’s interaction.Thirdly,establish feedback and evaluation system to improve children’s interaction ability.Fourthly,improve teachers’awareness and ability in the guidance of different-age interaction.