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Norwegian Kindergartens are seen as one of the most important social infrastructures for all children below five years. Kindergarten attendance is a legal right for children from the age of one year in Norway, and consequently 97 per cent of children aged four to five years attend these institutions. However, we still have little knowledge to what extent children regardless of abilities can develop social capital and experience inclusion in Kindergarten. Our point of departure is a human rights perspective on children and a relational perspective on disability and materiality. Through a cross sectional multi-method study design, based on qualitative methods, we, in collaboration with children with and without disabilities identified which places indoors and outdoors these children defined to be comfortable and inclusive spaces, and what characterise them. All children preferred stable organisational structure, physically small places equipped with different types of construction materials and available and reliable staff. Children showed that (dis)abilities are a spatial phenomenon and thereby guide inclusive pedagogy closer to the dynamic between children, place, and space. Children's preferences and meaning-making contrasts the pedagogical epistemology which manifests itself as fluid and flexible organisation, based on children's 'free choice'.

Artikkelen diskuterer når og hvordan det er mulig å engasjere barn med og uten funksjonsnedsettelser til deltagelse i forskning i barnehager. Gjennom empiriske eksempler fra det å drive forskergrupper med barn analyserer vi ulike kvalitative forskningsmetoders evne til å engasjere barn med stort spenn i funksjonsnivå til å delta i forskning. Resultatene viser at deltagende observasjon i barneguidede turer og digitale fotosesjoner gir alle barn likeverdige deltagelse i forskning. Videre finner vi det nødvendig å innta et pragmatisk forhold til lek og pendler mellom leklogikk og forskerlogikk. En forutsetning for å gi alle barn mulighet til deltagelse er å akseptere at barns samtykke er situert i forhold til situasjoner, pågående aktiviteter og kontekst.Nøkkelord: barns deltakelse, barn med funksjonshemming, kvalitative forskningsmetodiske utprøvinger, leklogikk

The article examines how children use bodily expressions as an instrument of power and a method of being heard when adults place them in positions of powerlessness in everyday life practice. The main focus is on children with social difficulties. The article focuses on children and adults in situations during time spent outdoors. The findings show that children and staff have different perceptions of what is desirable, and that they use different power mechanisms to change or maintain the power of definition.

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