식물관찰중심의 원예활동이 취학 전 아동의 정서 및 집중력에 미치는 영향

Effects of Horticultural Activity Focused to Plant Observation on Preschooler’s Emotion and Ability to Concentration

The purpose of this study was to investigate that horticultural activity influence to the preschool children’s emotional development and concentration ability. In the statistical results on emotional development, selective attention concentration and continuous concentration, the control group did not show significant differences before and after horticultural activity program. But, the experimental group showed a significant differences(P<0.05). With regard to self-control, the control group showed significantly worse to P<0.05, but the experimental group did not show significant differences. In the results from the horticultural therapy assessment table (KHY type), significant difference was observed in all the sub-factors of emotional development and social development (P<0.05).