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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"play environments"”.
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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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Child's play: playgrounds and child development
Nature‐based play environments refer to children’s playgrounds that are designed with an abundance of natural elements and materials. As evident in the work of numerous design firms throughout the United States and Europe, there is a growing interest in nature‐based playgrounds in part because they …
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Nature Based Playground, Design for Children with Autism
… and research demonstrate the importance of play and play-based learning. There are many articles that have shown that play is an essential component of a child's development. Play-based learning is even more important for children with disabilities. Without play, special needs children may …
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Nurture through nature: a comparative study between standard and nature-based play in outdoor preschool environments
Nature-based play is gaining attention in early childhood education because of the social, physical, and cognitive benefits from interacting with nature at a young age (International Play Association 2014). Some studies provide strong evidence to suggest that nature-based unstructured play can have …
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Young Children's Social, Language and Motor Behaviors on Playgrounds: The Influence of Design, Age, and Sex
… increased interest in the design of children's play environments, especially outdoor playgrounds. Products of this interest have been criticisms of existing "traditional" playgrounds, as well as suggestions for the design of alternative playgrounds. Despite the interest, there seems to be a …
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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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An investigation of early childhood outdoor play areas and social and emotional play
1 PDF file (viii, 95 pages)
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The behavioral responses of preschool children (three and five years of age) to structurally modified self-manipulating play systems
… investigated children's responses to a modular play system in which three stages from static (the children could not manipulate the forms themselves) to flexible (the children could completely alter the prearrangement) were introduced. The degree to which the children wished to manipulate their …
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I Am Error
… packaging, marketing, licensing, and play environments. Likewise, it analyzes the NES’s extension and afterlife in emulation and hacking, birthing new genres of creative expression such as ROM hacks and tool-assisted speed runs. I Am Error considers videogames and their platforms to be …
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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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Analyzing the Impact of Spatio-Temporal Sensor Resolution on Player Experience in Augmented Reality Games
… have become one of the most popular devices to play video games on due to their interactivity. Smartphones are embedded with various sensors which enhance their ability to adopt new new interaction techniques for video games. These integrated sen- sors, such as motion sensors or location …
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Teaching and Learning Early Year’s Mathematics in Irish Preschools
… area. I found there was very little mathematical play, and thus minimal mathematics teaching and learning occurring. This was disappointing, given my epistemological and ontological beliefs, which are firmly rooted in Froebelian values of mathematical concepts, collaborative play, and the joy of …