Abstract:
The purpose of this research were to 1) study the effect of organizing guided play activities with outdoor loose parts towards collaborative play behaviors of kindergarteners in 3 components which were sharing, negotiating, and following the rules and 2) compare the effects of organizing guided play activities with outdoor loose parts and the outdoor activities according to the early childhood curriculum towards collaborative play behaviors of kindergarteners. The sample were 48 kindergarteners studying in kindergarten 3, second semester of academic year 2021 at Watsawangarom school under Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 by drawing lots was used to divide samples into 2 groups; 24 kindergarteners K.3/1 were the control group, and 24 in K.3/2 were the experimental group. The researcher developed 100 lesson plans, of which 50 were for the experimental group and 50 were for the control group. The duration of the research was 10 weeks. The research instrument was the collaborative play behavior assessment form. Data was analyzed by employing the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and math paired t-test. The research results found that 1) After the experiment, the experiment group gained a higher mean score of collaborative behaviors in all 3 components including sharing, negotiating, and following the rules, than before at a .05 statistically significant level. 2) After the experiment, the experiment group had a higher mean score of collaborative than those of the control group at a .05 statistically significant level.