A Study on the Phenomenon of Early Childhood Learning: Focusing on Educational Content within Events, Situations, and Relationships

Objectives This study explores the meaning of early childhood experiences generated in events, situations, and relationships from the perspective of learning. Its purpose is to describe the educational content learned through early childhood experiences. Methods To achieve this, it tries to analyze and present the relationship between early childhood experiences and educational content. Results Firstly, this study tried to look into the potential of educational content by examining the relationship between early childhood experiences and the early childhood education curriculum, and to examine early childhood learning by exploring the connection between the curriculum and the subjects it encompasses. Secondly, it tried to concretize the possibility of early childhood experiences leading to their competency and life on the basis of educational content. Particularly, it emphasize the understanding that each child may have a different starting point for learning and the necessity to contemplate early childhood learning in the dimension of life. Conclusions By examining the meaning of early childhood experiences on the basis of educational content, this study suggests the importance of viewing the meaning of educational experiences diversely. It emphasizes the significance of teachers’ roles for understanding and practicing the diversity of educational content to ensure that early childhood experiences can become thir educational experiences.