Preference on protein rich foods of 103 children, aged 4 to 6, of kindergarten located in Masan Jin-hea, Chang-won cities, was conducted April 25 to May 4, 1983. The results are summarized as follows ; 1) Seventy six percent of the subjects were from families having two three children, without grandmothers in the home About 43% of mother had completed high school, 37% had completed middle school. Mothers' ages ranged from 26 to 50 years, with 57.3% in the 31-40 age bracket. About 63% of the fathers were office and government employees, while 77.6% of mothers were unemployed. 2) Over 50% of the children disliked or refused pork, thick beef soup, liver, soybean, oyster, clam, anchovy, croaker, mackerel, loach, hairtail, porgy, flatfish, a walleye, pollack, a dried walleye pollack, a sciaenoid fish. Taste bad, the characteristic fragrance and lack of experience were the main reasons why the children refused these foods. Over 33% of the children were unexperienced liver, ribs of beef. the small intestine of cattle, a loach, an eel. Over 50% liked milk, egg, dried filefish, sausage, a cattlefish, beef, chicken, a crab, shrimp, bean curd. 3) Most of children hoped that their daily meals should be made in prettier, more sabory, and various ways. Mothers also hoped to have practical knowledge of nutrition and its influence on our body.