The purpose of this study is to analyze differences in the styles of mothers' learning instruction with love and
communication in accordance with mother-related variables such as age and employment or non-employment and
child-related ones such as number, age, order of birth and gender. For the purpose, this researcher surveyed 220
mothers of 66 three-year-olds(32 male, 34 female), 78 four-year-olds(42 male, 36 female) and 76
five-year-olds(46 male, 30 female) who were attending at 6 public or state and 1 private nurseries located in
Saha-gu, Busan. As measurement devices, this study used Park Young Tae's(1997) model of learning instruction
with love, whose items were modified by this researcher to be appropriate for young children, and the
communication scale that had been developed by Sim Seong Gyeong and Kim Na Rim(1997) and modified by
Koh Yoo Mi(2009) and whose part only for mothers was used here. Findings of the study can be summarized
as follows. First, there's no difference in mothers' style of learning instruction with love in accordance with their
age. But how much mothers conduct learning instruction by judgement or practice varies depending on whether
they have a job or not. In other words, working mothers are more judgemental and practical in the learning
instruction of their children. In terms of variables related to children, mothers' style of learning instruction with
love is not different in accordance with their children's age, order of birth and gender, but different according
to the number of the children. The degree in which mothers do learning instruction by attention is highest
when they have only one child. Second, there's no difference in mothers' style of communication in accordance
with their age. The degree in which mothers communicate negatively doesn't vary depending on whether they
have a job or not, but that in which mothers communicate positively vary depending on whether they are
employed or not. More specifically, working mothers are more positive in communication than non-working
mothers. Finally, how much mother-child communication is positive or negative is not different in accordance
with variables related to children like their number, age, order of birth and gender.