ABSTRACT

Objective: Play may be important determinants of children’s occupation. The purpose of thisresearch was to find play history of 5∼7 years old using Takata’s Play History.Method: The number of subjects were 63 kindergarten children whose ages were 5∼7 yeras olds. Data were collected through survey questionnaires in from June 27 to July 3, 2002. The study using survey questionnaires was based on Takata’s Play History. The previous play wasanalysed from the 4 different categories of play characteristics. The χꊔ test was performed toanalyze play of each age group.Results: The playing characteristics (toy, playing form, playing time., etc) have been different according to their age groups. Overall, Different play trends have been found among different age group by applying Takata’s Play History.Conclusion: The play trend of child can be forecasted by appling Takata’s Play History to the subjects. It is expected that development of screening play ability for normal child and abnormal child. Therefore Takata’s Play History will help occupational therapists to evaluate children’s play ability.