%0 Journal Article %T ChildrenĄ¯s participation in a school %A Tuva Schanke %J Childhood %@ 1461-7013 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0907568218810092 %X School-preparation activities are central for Norwegian children in their final year in pre-schools, but school-preparation activity is an understudied practice. This article gains insight in childrenĄ¯s participation in school-preparation activities using video data collected in a pre-school over a 7-month period. Various forms of preparation activities took place on a weekly basis, such as trips, projects and drawing. ChildrenĄ¯s verbal and embodied actions in a letter-based activity was studied over time, and the children oriented to each other as competitors, supported each other and constructed playful action. The pre-school teachers facilitated and allowed for the children to form the activity %K Competition %K conversation analysis %K ethnomethodology %K letter-based activity %K participation %K peer support %K school-preparation %K stance %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0907568218810092