Frameworks·South Korea·Ages 3–5

2019 개정 누리과정2019 Revised Korean Nuri Curriculum

South Korea's statutory early-years curriculum for children aged 3–5, jointly issued by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Welfare in December 2019. The 2019 revision pivoted to a play-centred, child-led framing — curriculum delivery is measured by the opportunities offered, not by specific behavioural outcomes the child must achieve on a given day.

How this framework is measured
Korean Nuri is an opportunity curriculum
The curriculum's own commentary describes content elements with phrases like “the young child feels joy ... lives together with others.” It does not define pass/fail behaviours. Curriculum coverage = consistent opportunity-provision over 3–5 years.
What this means for parents
Your child has been “covered” by an area not when they achieve a checklist item, but when they have repeatedly had the chance to play in that area's context. We track opportunities, not outcomes.
Why this voice matters — from the Korean curriculum itself
누리과정 2019 개정의 핵심 철학은 '유아·놀이 중심 교육과정' — 결과 평가가 아닌 기회 제공. 해설서가 '유아가 ...즐거움을 느끼고 ... 더불어 살아가는 내용이다'로 일관되게 서술하며, 특정 성취 행동을 측정 가능한 결과로 정의하지 않음.The 2019 Revised Nuri Curriculum's core philosophy is 'child-and-play-centred curriculum' — opportunity provision, not outcome assessment. The Commentary (해설서) consistently describes content elements as 'the young child feels joy ... lives together with ...', and does not define specific achievement behaviours as measurable outcomes.
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Areas
15
Category milestones
59
Content elements
3–5 yr
Age band

The shape of the 2019 Revised Korean Nuri Curriculum

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Physical activity & healthEnjoying Physical ActivitiesThe child is aware of the body and moves it.The child controls body movements.The child does basic locomotor movements, stationary movements, and movements using tools.The child voluntarily participates in indoor and outdoor physical activities.Living HealthilyThe child keeps the body and surroundings clean.The child takes interest in foods that are good for the body and eats joyfully with a proper attitude.The child takes appropriate rest during the daily routine.The child knows and practices ways to prevent illness.Living SafelyThe child plays and lives safely in everyday life.The child uses TV, computers, smartphones, and the like properly.The child follows traffic safety rules.The child experiences ways to respond to safety incidents, fires, disasters, abuse, abduction, and the like.CommunicationListening and SpeakingThe child listens to spoken words or stories with interest.The child talks about personal experiences, feelings, and thoughts.The child speaks using words appropriate to the situation.The child listens to what another person says and speaks in relation to it.The child listens and speaks with a proper attitude.The child uses kind words.Taking Interest in Reading and WritingThe child takes interest in the relationship between spoken and written language.The child takes interest in reading nearby symbols, letters, and the like.The child expresses personal thoughts in letter-like forms.Enjoying Books and StoriesThe child takes interest in books and enjoys imagining.The child feels the fun of language in children's stories and poems.The child enjoys word play and making up stories.Social relationsKnowing and Respecting OneselfThe child knows and values oneself.The child recognizes own feelings and expresses them appropriately to the situation.The child independently does what they can do.Living Together with OthersThe child understands the meaning of family and lives harmoniously.The child helps friends and gets along well with them.The child resolves conflicts with friends in positive ways.The child respects different feelings, thoughts, and actions.The child behaves politely toward friends and adults.The child understands the need for promises and rules and follows them.Taking Interest in SocietyThe child finds out what they are curious about in the place where they live.The child takes pride in our country.The child takes interest in diverse cultures.Artistic experienceExploring BeautyThe child feels and enjoys beauty in nature and life.The child takes interest in artistic elements and looks for them.Expressing CreativelyThe child enjoys singing songs.The child tries making simple sounds and rhythms with the body, objects, and instruments.The child freely expresses through movement and dance using the body or tools.The child expresses personal thoughts and feelings with various art materials and tools.The child expresses experiences or stories through dramatic play.Appreciating ArtThe child appreciates diverse arts and enjoys imagining.The child respects different artistic expressions.The child takes interest in and becomes familiar with our country's traditional arts.Nature & inquiryEnjoying the Inquiry ProcessThe child has ongoing curiosity about the surrounding world and nature.The child joyfully participates in the process of inquiring into what they are curious about.The child takes interest in different ideas during the inquiry process.Inquiring in Everyday LifeThe child explores the properties and changes of objects in various ways.The child counts objects to find out quantities.The child knows and distinguishes the position, direction, and shape of objects.The child compares attributes such as length and weight in everyday life.The child finds repeating patterns in the surroundings.The child classifies data gathered in everyday life according to criteria.The child takes interest in tools and machines.Living Together with NatureThe child takes interest in nearby animals and plants.The child values life and the natural environment.The child relates changes in weather and seasons to daily life.Physical activity & healthEnjoying Physical ActivitiesThe child is aware of thebody and moves it.The child controls bodymovements.The child does basiclocomotor movements,stationary movements, andmovements using tools.The child voluntarilyparticipates in indoor andoutdoor physicalactivities.Living HealthilyThe child keeps the bodyand surroundings clean.The child takes interestin foods that are good forthe body and eats joyfullywith a proper attitude.The child takesappropriate rest duringthe daily routine.The child knows andpractices ways to preventillness.Living SafelyThe child plays and livessafely in everyday life.The child uses TV,computers, smartphones,and the like properly.The child follows trafficsafety rules.The child experiences waysto respond to safetyincidents, fires,disasters, abuse,abduction, and the like.CommunicationListening and SpeakingThe child listens tospoken words or storieswith interest.The child talks aboutpersonal experiences,feelings, and thoughts.The child speaks usingwords appropriate to thesituation.The child listens to whatanother person says andspeaks in relation to it.The child listens andspeaks with a properattitude.The child uses kind words.Taking Interest in Reading andWritingThe child takes interestin the relationshipbetween spoken and writtenlanguage.The child takes interestin reading nearby symbols,letters, and the like.The child expressespersonal thoughts inletter-like forms.Enjoying Books and StoriesThe child takes interestin books and enjoysimagining.The child feels the fun oflanguage in children'sstories and poems.The child enjoys word playand making up stories.Social relationsKnowing and Respecting OneselfThe child knows and valuesoneself.The child recognizes ownfeelings and expressesthem appropriately to thesituation.The child independentlydoes what they can do.Living Together with OthersThe child understands themeaning of family andlives harmoniously.The child helps friendsand gets along well withthem.The child resolvesconflicts with friends inpositive ways.The child respectsdifferent feelings,thoughts, and actions.The child behaves politelytoward friends and adults.The child understands theneed for promises andrules and follows them.Taking Interest in SocietyThe child finds out whatthey are curious about inthe place where they live.The child takes pride inour country.The child takes interestin diverse cultures.Artistic experienceExploring BeautyThe child feels and enjoysbeauty in nature and life.The child takes interestin artistic elements andlooks for them.Expressing CreativelyThe child enjoys singingsongs.The child tries makingsimple sounds and rhythmswith the body, objects,and instruments.The child freely expressesthrough movement and danceusing the body or tools.The child expressespersonal thoughts andfeelings with various artmaterials and tools.The child expressesexperiences or storiesthrough dramatic play.Appreciating ArtThe child appreciatesdiverse arts and enjoysimagining.The child respectsdifferent artisticexpressions.The child takes interestin and becomes familiarwith our country'straditional arts.Nature & inquiryEnjoying the Inquiry ProcessThe child has ongoingcuriosity about thesurrounding world andnature.The child joyfullyparticipates in theprocess of inquiring intowhat they are curiousabout.The child takes interestin different ideas duringthe inquiry process.Inquiring in Everyday LifeThe child explores theproperties and changes ofobjects in various ways.The child counts objectsto find out quantities.The child knows and distinguishesthe position, direction, andshape of objects.The child comparesattributes such as lengthand weight in everyday life.The child finds repeatingpatterns in thesurroundings.The child classifies datagathered in everyday lifeaccording to criteria.The child takes interestin tools and machines.Living Together with NatureThe child takes interestin nearby animals andplants.The child values life andthe natural environment.The child relates changesin weather and seasons todaily life.Nuri 2019

An age-bracket-free curriculum: explore by area, skill cluster, and what's being observed. Click any segment to drill in. (Gantt tab shows age progression inferred from the predecessor 2012 framework.)

Content elements (59)

Sorted by 2012 entry age · earliest first

One row per Nuri 2019 content element. The mini-bar shows the age range this opportunity is offered across; the row body fans out into the predecessor 2012 age-stratified curriculum's 3-year-old / 4-year-old / 5-year-old language for the same content.

Sources & licence

statutory decree
교육부 고시 제2019-189호 유치원 교육과정
MOE Decree No. 2019-189: Kindergarten Curriculum
교육부 (Ministry of Education) · 2019-12-30발간등록번호 11-1342000-000521-01
statutory decree
보건복지부 고시 제2019-152호 3~5세 누리과정
MOHW Decree No. 2019-152: 3-5 Year Nuri Curriculum
보건복지부 (Ministry of Health and Welfare) · 2019-12-30발간등록번호 11-1352000-002600-01
official commentary
2019 개정 누리과정 해설서
Commentary on the 2019 Revised Nuri Curriculum
육아정책연구소 (KICCE — Korea Institute of Child Care and Education) · 2019-12-30발간등록번호 11-1342000-000522-01
operational resource
2019 개정 누리과정 놀이실행자료
2019 Revised Nuri Curriculum: Play Implementation Resource
육아정책연구소 (KICCE — Korea Institute of Child Care and Education) · 2019-12-30발간등록번호 11-1342000-000524-01
operational resource
2019 개정 누리과정 놀이이해자료
2019 Revised Nuri Curriculum: Play Understanding Resource
육아정책연구소 (KICCE — Korea Institute of Child Care and Education) · 2019-12-30발간등록번호 11-1342000-000523-01
internal crosswalk appendix
2019 개정 누리과정 해설서 부록 — 누리과정 신구 대조표 (2012 ↔ 2019)
2019 Revised Nuri Curriculum Commentary, Appendix — Old/New Comparison Table (2012 ↔ 2019)
교육부 · 보건복지부 · 육아정책연구소 (KICCE) · 2019-12-30
Licence: Korean Government Open License Type 1 (공공저작물 자유이용허락 표시기준 (출처표시))
Attribution required: 교육부 · 보건복지부 · 육아정책연구소 (Government of Republic of Korea)
Portal: https://www.i-nuri.go.kr