Cargando…

Comparing Free Play and Partly Structured Play in 4-5-Years-Old Children in an Outdoor Playground

The aim of this study was to compare how the organization of a movement session as partly structured play or free play influenced the physical activity engagement in 4–5 years old pre-schoolers. The partly structured playgroup consisted of 46 children and the free playgroup consisted of 33 children....

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tortella, Patrizia, Haga, Monika, Ingebrigtsen, Jan Erik, Fumagalli, Guido Francesco, Sigmundsson, Hermundur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6646727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31380337
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00197
_version_ 1783437601143783424
author Tortella, Patrizia
Haga, Monika
Ingebrigtsen, Jan Erik
Fumagalli, Guido Francesco
Sigmundsson, Hermundur
author_facet Tortella, Patrizia
Haga, Monika
Ingebrigtsen, Jan Erik
Fumagalli, Guido Francesco
Sigmundsson, Hermundur
author_sort Tortella, Patrizia
collection PubMed
description The aim of this study was to compare how the organization of a movement session as partly structured play or free play influenced the physical activity engagement in 4–5 years old pre-schoolers. The partly structured playgroup consisted of 46 children and the free playgroup consisted of 33 children. The playground activities consisted of 10 sessions each lasting 1 h, executed once per week in the period Mars to May 2017 at a specific playground setting. The partly structured playgroup conducted a movement activity session that included a combination of both structured- and free play activities. The free playgroup engaged in unstructured play, only. To detect the intensity of the physical activity each child carried an accelerometer 1 h the first week and last week of the intervention. Results indicate a significant difference in physical activity level between the two groups for the 5-year-old in the favor of the partly structured playgroup. There was a significant difference between the four-and 5-year-old in relation to physical activity level. No significant difference between the activity in March and May for the whole group was found.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-6646727
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2019
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-66467272019-08-02 Comparing Free Play and Partly Structured Play in 4-5-Years-Old Children in an Outdoor Playground Tortella, Patrizia Haga, Monika Ingebrigtsen, Jan Erik Fumagalli, Guido Francesco Sigmundsson, Hermundur Front Public Health Public Health The aim of this study was to compare how the organization of a movement session as partly structured play or free play influenced the physical activity engagement in 4–5 years old pre-schoolers. The partly structured playgroup consisted of 46 children and the free playgroup consisted of 33 children. The playground activities consisted of 10 sessions each lasting 1 h, executed once per week in the period Mars to May 2017 at a specific playground setting. The partly structured playgroup conducted a movement activity session that included a combination of both structured- and free play activities. The free playgroup engaged in unstructured play, only. To detect the intensity of the physical activity each child carried an accelerometer 1 h the first week and last week of the intervention. Results indicate a significant difference in physical activity level between the two groups for the 5-year-old in the favor of the partly structured playgroup. There was a significant difference between the four-and 5-year-old in relation to physical activity level. No significant difference between the activity in March and May for the whole group was found. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6646727/ /pubmed/31380337 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00197 Text en Copyright © 2019 Tortella, Haga, Ingebrigtsen, Fumagalli and Sigmundsson. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Tortella, Patrizia
Haga, Monika
Ingebrigtsen, Jan Erik
Fumagalli, Guido Francesco
Sigmundsson, Hermundur
Comparing Free Play and Partly Structured Play in 4-5-Years-Old Children in an Outdoor Playground
title Comparing Free Play and Partly Structured Play in 4-5-Years-Old Children in an Outdoor Playground
title_full Comparing Free Play and Partly Structured Play in 4-5-Years-Old Children in an Outdoor Playground
title_fullStr Comparing Free Play and Partly Structured Play in 4-5-Years-Old Children in an Outdoor Playground
title_full_unstemmed Comparing Free Play and Partly Structured Play in 4-5-Years-Old Children in an Outdoor Playground
title_short Comparing Free Play and Partly Structured Play in 4-5-Years-Old Children in an Outdoor Playground
title_sort comparing free play and partly structured play in 4-5-years-old children in an outdoor playground
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6646727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31380337
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00197
work_keys_str_mv AT tortellapatrizia comparingfreeplayandpartlystructuredplayin45yearsoldchildreninanoutdoorplayground
AT hagamonika comparingfreeplayandpartlystructuredplayin45yearsoldchildreninanoutdoorplayground
AT ingebrigtsenjanerik comparingfreeplayandpartlystructuredplayin45yearsoldchildreninanoutdoorplayground
AT fumagalliguidofrancesco comparingfreeplayandpartlystructuredplayin45yearsoldchildreninanoutdoorplayground
AT sigmundssonhermundur comparingfreeplayandpartlystructuredplayin45yearsoldchildreninanoutdoorplayground