ABSTRACT

This study explores toddling style in adult–child interaction. Toddling style was conceptualised by Gunvor Løkken in relation to toddlers’ playful and social style in peer groups; however, adults’ position was rarely explored. Therefore, this article aims to examine adults’ emotional and playful support in creating, maintaining and developing toddling style. A cultural–historical approach and a multimodal interaction analysis is used for analysing toddling style in naturally occurring adult–child interaction. Video observations were made in ECEC in Australia and Finland. Drawing on three representative empirical cases, we argue that toddling style is a unique embodied way of being together as well as a form of play between adults and children. Findings show the importance of adults’ participation in play for creating a playful community. Implications suggest the important role of adults’ emotional and playful support in maintaining toddlers’ exploration of toddling style, particularly in multiparty situations.

摘要

这项研究探讨了成人与儿童互动中的幼儿风格。格沃尔·洛肯（GunvorLøkken）将幼儿的风格与同伴组中幼儿的嬉戏和社交风格相关联；但是，成年人的位置很少被探索。因此，本文旨在考察成年人在创造，维持和发展幼儿风格方面的情感和娱乐支持。文化-历史方法和多模式交互作用分析用于分析自然发生的成人-儿童交互作用中的蹒跚学步风格。在ECEC的澳大利亚和芬兰进行了视频观察。借鉴三个代表性的经验案例，我们认为蹒跚学步的风格是一种独特的体现在一起的方式，也是成年人和儿童之间的一种游戏方式。调查结果表明，成年人参与游戏对于创建一个好玩的社区非常重要。暗示表明，成年人的情感和嬉戏支持在维持幼儿对幼儿风格的探索中，特别是在多方聚会中，起着重要的作用。