Research on participation has advanced our understanding of children's everyday lives by increasingly bringing into focus what society perceives as ‘meaningful’. This piece is driven by a desire to extend this investigation by sharing a creative research journey. Here, we have combined our theoretical musings, initial conversations with children, and evolving methodological approaches to show how our research approach has changed as we seek meaningful ways to involve children. Accordingly, this paper highlights the positive consequences of a reflective research process that focuses on children's emotions as we consider children's capacities as learners. We argue that by critically engaging with what is meaningful in the context of participation, we can demonstrate the value of children's voices, challenging dominant discourses about children's competence.

对参与的研究通过越来越关注社会认为的“有意义的”，提高了我们对儿童日常生活的理解。通过共享创意研究旅程来扩展这项研究的愿望驱使了这一作品。在这里，我们结合了理论上的沉思，与儿童的初步对话以及不断发展的方法论方法，以展示我们在寻求有意义的方式让儿童参与时，我们的研究方法已经发生了怎样的变化。因此，本文强调了反思性研究过程的积极结果，该过程关注儿童的情感，因为我们认为儿童具有学习者的能力。我们认为，通过在参与的背景下批判性地参与有意义的事情，我们可以证明儿童声音的价值，