Cultivating Young Children’s Positive Emotions: Based on Anji Play

Abstract

Positive emotions are one of the main research contents of positive psychology. Cultivating children's positive emotions has a positive effect on children's physical health and psychological development. Anji Play is the abbreviation of the game education model for kindergartens in Anji County, Zhejiang Province. This paper focused on the cultivation of positive emotions in Anji Play and found that giving children the initiative to play, returning play to nature, and providing opportunities for children to reflect on shared experiences after play can cultivate positive emotional experiences. It is hoped that through the research of this paper, kindergarten teachers can learn the spirit of Anji Play and promote the development of preschool education from the perspective of emotional cultivation.

Enhancing Cooperation in 5–6-Year-Old Rural Chinese Children through Cooperative Constructive Play Based on Anji Play: A Quasi-Experimental Study

“…The pedagogy is childcentric, focusing on self-determined play, during which children have the autonomy to choose what, where, and with whom to play. Teachers act primarily as observers and facilitators, intervening minimally to support the children's initiatives [20,21]. The environments in Anji Play are specially designed indoor and outdoor play spaces equipped with open-ended, natural materials, such as ropes, bamboo ladders, clay pots, and everyday objects like tires and barrels.…”