Förskolebarns uppfattningar om regnvatten och dess roll i vattnets kretslopp : En kvalitativ intervjustudie på fyra till femåriga barns uppfattningar om regnvatten och dess roll i vattnets kretslopp

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study was to examine and contribute with more knowledge about children´s perceptions of rainfall and its role in the water cycle. In order to reach a result, eleven children, in the ages four to five years old, has participated in the study through qualitative interviews, during the timeline of two days. The answers from the interviews has shown a variety among the individual participants. The result in this study shows a mutual perception among the children of the fact that rainfall is important for all the living things on this earth. The children share a mutual perception of the fact that water constantly runs in a natural cycle. Even though the answers among the children has shown a big variety, they share a mutual general impression. Most of the children had the perception that clouds consist of waterdrops and some of these children even hade the perception of how clouds take form.