Abstract This study aims to investigate preschool children’s relationships with nature through drawings. To this end, a total of 212 preschoolers constituted the study group. This study employed a triangulation design, i.e. one of the mixed-methods approaches in which qualitative and quantitative processes were carried out. As a result of the analyses, it was concluded that the children visually presented and narrated their relationships with nature positively. The age and gender variables were found to have led to statistically significant differences in the activities depicted in the drawings and the tone of the drawings, as well as the settings and people that are drawn in them. In light of the findings of this study, it can be argued that starting environmental education at an early age and enabling children to spend more time engaging with nature are important.

中文翻译：

---

通过绘画对学龄前儿童与自然关系的现象学调查

摘要 本研究旨在通过绘画探究学龄前儿童与自然的关系。为此，共有212名学龄前儿童组成了研究组。本研究采用三角测量设计，即进行定性和定量过程的混合方法之一。作为分析的结果，得出的结论是，孩子们积极地视觉呈现和叙述了他们与自然的关系。发现年龄和性别变量导致图中描绘的活动和图画的基调，以及画中的环境和人物存在统计学上的显着差异。根据这项研究的结果，