The quake ofthe scale 7 intensity and the damage from tsunami caus ed by the Great
Western Japan Earth Quake in March 11th 2011 were quite extensive. Television
programs continued to broadcast the images of dreadful disast ers every day for about a
month. Also, children are frightened by the aftershocks that happen every day and
when that happens, they are scolded by their‘ parents or nursery teachers to evacuate
quickly. Also, the adults are telling the children that "you will die if you don’t hide
under the desks quickly. If you die, you cannot see your mom, dad, or your fri ends
again." Those words are threatening the children and hurting their fe elings
Beca us e of those r easons, there are many cas es that even the children who are not
affected by the earthquake or tsunami are in "psychologic ally inappropriate co nditi on "
TV programs are broadcasting less images of the disaster. However, the aftershocks
are still coming and every time that happens, children are being anxious. Some
children even have night terrors and refusing to go to sch ool which are the signs of
psychologically inappropriate condition
In this paper, I would like to explain how nursery teachers should handle the
children who are frigh tening by the aftershocks