Abstract:In this article, falling is considered as an existential bodily experience of the youngest children, aged one to three. No toddler can avoid falling; it is simply a condition of being bodily situated in the world. Active toddlers are falling toddlers, but even though the struggle with gravity appears to play a crucial role in the everyday lives of young children, it has been only a limited subject in early childhood research. Therefore, the authors examine the phenomenon of falling on the basis of empirical ma… Show more
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