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Resurrecting Free Play in Young Children: Looking Beyond Fitness and Fatness to Attention, Affiliation, and Affect

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate why play, and particularly active, unstructured, outdoor play, needs to be restored in children’s lives. We propose that efforts to increase physical activity in young children might be more successful if physical activity is promoted using different language—encouraging play—and if a different set of outcomes are emphasized—aspects…

Publication year: 2005
Content Type: Academic paper

Playwork Theory and Practice

This book brings together theoretical perspectives and practical advice to improve playwork practice. There are chapters on the role of adventure playgrounds; the challenge of starting a playwork section in a local authority; and the value of networking.

Publication year: 2003
Content Type: Book

Children’s Play, Well-Being and Involvement: How Children Play Indoors and Outdoors in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care Institutions

In this article, we report on a Norwegian study exploring the relationship between children’s play, well-being, and involvement, and identify how children play in indoor and outdoor environments at their early childhood education and care (ECEC) institution. In this quantitative study, structured video observations (960 two-minutes sequences) of 80 free play sessions (indoors and outdoors)…

Publication year: 2019
Content Type: Academic paper

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Resurrecting Free Play in Young Children: Looking Beyond Fitness and Fatness to Attention, Affiliation, and Affect

Playwork Theory and Practice

Children’s Play, Well-Being and Involvement: How Children Play Indoors and Outdoors in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care Institutions

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