The purpose of this study was to examine the current research trend of R-learning in order to establish the identity of R-learning in early childhood education and to continue to move in desirable direction of R-learning. For this purpose, 45 research articles(from January 2002 to April 2013) in journals recorded in National Research Foundation of Korea were selected to analyze the contents trend as well as the methodological trend. The study also used frequency distribution to analyze the data. The result of this study were as follows. First, 1) research topic were usually focused on curriculum and program, teacher education, development and psychology instead of technology of R-learning and teaching method. 2) the definition of R-learning were extended from digital contents of early childhood education focusing on the function of Robot as an assistance to application of physical and human resources while practicing R-learning. 3) R-learning were composed of Robot, children, teacher, kindergarten, parents, and diverse IT application. in research contents trend. Second, 1) research subjects were mostly children, 2) even though quantitate research were usually conducted than qualitative research, qualitative research also gradually were conducted, and 3) data analysis were usually used by descriptive statistics and chi-square test for quantitative research and qualitative analysis for qualitative research.