Barnens fria lek
This thesis is based on research and observations of children on a preschool when playing in the free-play. What do the children choose to play with, when they get to choose for themselves? And how do they play? Do boys and girls together or do they divide themselves up? How important is the free-playing for the development of the child? Genus is also an important element which is interesting to observe and to see different patterns in. The abidance?s have been made while the children have been playing, and from discrete observations notes have been taken.I have been working with material, and literature from distinguished researchers within the subject. In general they point to that the free-play is a very important part of a child's growth. Also that it is exhaustive developing for them.My conclusion is that free-play is as stated a very important part of the development. I have also come to the implication of that boys and girls have no problem playing together in more gender-neutral plays. But when it comes to different kinds of role playing the children prefers to divide themselves up according to gender.