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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"outdoor play"”.
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An exploration of outdoor play and wellbeing in Northern Irish primary schools
… Ireland are not availing of opportunities to play outside, and that this is having a negative impact on their wellbeing. This is reflected in increasingly poor physical and mental health outcomes resulting from a sedentary, indoor lifestyle (Mental Health Foundation, 2016; NICCY, 2018; RCPCH, …
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An investigation of early childhood outdoor play areas and social and emotional play
1 PDF file (viii, 95 pages)
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The philosophy and design of an outdoor play space for pre-elementary school children
The need to redesign the outdoor play space and related equipment at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Laboratory School, in Blacksburg, Virginia, was investigated. Under the direction of the Department of Child Development, a rigid program was created which would determine …
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Designing for the Future: Promoting Ecoliteracy in the Design of Children's Outdoor Play Environments
… Wild places and vacant lots for kids to play in are disappearing. Parents have limited time to spend with their children and fear letting them play outside alone. Traffic is a growing safety hazard and there is an increasing desire for entertainment in the form of TV and video games over …
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Freedom For Speech : Outdoor Play And Its Potential For Young Children's Conceptual, Linguistic And Communicative Development
… the opportunities provided in different play contexts, both indoor and outdoor, for three-year-old children to play, talk and listen with peers. The analysis draws on data from an ethnographic study of boys’ and girls’ play in two family centres, two college creches and a nursery class. …
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Young Children and Nature: Outdoor Play and Development, Experiences Fostering Environmental Consciousness, And the Implications on Playground Design
Play is a pivotal part of a child’s life. Outdoor play fosters opportunities for creativity, imagination, social connections, and learned behaviors. There are two types of outdoor playscapes: natural and constructed. Natural playscapes offer sensory stimulation and physical diversity which is …
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How do two-year-olds construct outdoor play as part of the two-year-olds offer? A multimodal ethnographic study of an inner London nursery during the global pandemic
… received ‘the two-year-olds offer’, experienced outdoor play in a London nursery playground during the pandemic. The two-year-olds offer is an education policy initiative in England, introduced in 2013, in order to provide ‘free childcare for the most disadvantaged 2-year-olds’ (DfE, 2013). While …
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Growing Minds: The Relationship Between Parental Attitude about Nature and the Development of Fine and Gross Motor Skills in Children
Adults associate their childhood with playing outdoors, often in natural settings. This type of free play is valuable to child development. Children tend to use outdoor play areas in physically active ways, and time spent outdoors relates positively to increased physical activity in children. …
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Examining the Relationship Between Park Design and Children's Park Use and Play Behaviours in London, Ontario using Behaviour Mapping
Parks can offer an optimal play environment for supporting childhood development by encouraging the engagement of adventurous and diverse play. This study examines how park design influences children’s park use and play behaviours with the aim of identifying what features can be improved to better …
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Animated props for responsive playspaces
Playgrounds are special places within the urban landscape specially designed for children. Here, they encounter the outdoors and the physical properties of large spaces through play, which allows children to develop their physical skills, explore the natural and built environment as well as …
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Tearing down classroom walls to address nature-deficit disorder
… This dissertation investigated the advantages of outdoor learning and play, and its impact on the holistic development of Maltese children in the primary years. The purpose was to explore how these benefits can help address ‘Nature-Deficit Disorder’. The data collected through 25 semi-structured …
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Quality Early Childhood Development centres: an exploratory study of stakeholder views
… be prioritised in South Africa. Governing bodies play critical roles in the effectiveness of ECD centres; these roles include: governance and accountability, ensuring financial sustainability, decision-making and administration, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, and conflict …
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Inner-City Children and Environmental Equity: Evidence from Philadelphia
… live in degraded environments unsuitable for outdoor play. Children primarily play in school yards. Low-income and African American children are often the victims of social, economic, and educational inequalities leading to the under-allocation of resources for their public schools. Patterns …
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Searching for Art in the forest: An examination of how nature inspires children’s creativity.
… how school-aged children’s experiences with outdoor, play-based, inquiry-based, and artful pedagogies shaped their creative outcomes. The benefits of being outdoors and engaging with the arts are commonly overlooked. Researchers argue that teaching drama, particularly in natural settings, …
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Canadian Family Wellness: Exploring Caregiver Perceptions of Physical Wellness of Families with Children Ages 2 to 8
… of family physical wellness in the context of play, outdoor interactions, and physical activity in relation to two theoretical frameworks: Swarbrick and Yudof’s (2015) eight dimensions of wellness and the five domains of the social determinants of health (SDOH) (WHO, 2008; Healthy People 2030, …
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School Recess and Changes to Children's Play Opportunities in New York City
… issues. The first issue is to assess the play opportunities that public elementary schools offer to children, in terms of both the time available for recess and the quality of the spaces and resources for play during recess. The second issue is to learn, alongside the question of the …
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Discovering the development of self-regulation through play: an exploratory case study among Grade R South African learners
… sought to understand the role of sociodramatic play, the leading activity of children between the ages of three to six – this study focusing solely on Grade R, ages five to six – in developing SR as a higher mental function (HMF). Additionally, the influence of educator pedagogical approaches …
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The ecology of change in outdoor therapy (ECO-Therapy) model: A preliminary theoretical framework for nature-based pediatric occupational therapy practice
The vital childhood occupation of outdoor play in nature is on the decline in industrialized societies around the world. Ubiquitous technology use, sedentarism, over-protective parenting, and urbanization have caused a mass human migration to indoor lifestyles characterized by a lack of connection …
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Choice and compromise : decision-making by play park providers and its impact on play value in local play parks
Play parks are key spaces within children’s geographies; play a valued childhood activity which is facilitated and controlled by adults. The significance of outdoor play indicates a requirement for high-quality provision, delivering play value, challenge and risk. This PhD investigation aims to …
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