International Journal of Education

Autonomous play refers to young children choosing and participating in their hobbies and interests during play activities. Give full play to the natural and autonomous nature of young children, allowing them to choose games independently, communicate spontaneously during the game, make them feel happy and satisfied during the game process, promote their enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity, and also improve their hands-on, cooperative, and social skills. In the early childhood stage, games have become an important way of early childhood education, which is in line with the characteristics of childrens physical and mental development. As children are still in the stage of physical and mental development, teachers need to strengthen their observation of games, grasp educational opportunities, provide appropriate support and guidance, and create game environments and materials in advance, explore the value and significance of games, in order to achieve the goal of promoting personalized development of children, Improve the quality of education in kindergartens. This article focuses on analyzing the current situation of autonomous games in kindergartens, and proposes support strategies for teachers in childrens autonomous games through specific game cases, providing reference for research on gamified teaching in kindergartens.

Young children; Autonomous gaming; Teacher Support Strategy