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Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials
Children spend a large amount of time each day in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions, and the ECEC play environments are important for children’s play opportunities. This includes children’s opportunities to engage in risky play. This study examined the relationship between the o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8037378/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33805046 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073354 |
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author | Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen Sando, Ole Johan Kleppe, Rasmus |
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description | Children spend a large amount of time each day in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions, and the ECEC play environments are important for children’s play opportunities. This includes children’s opportunities to engage in risky play. This study examined the relationship between the outdoor play environment and the occurrence of children’s risky play in ECEC institutions. Children (n = 80) were observed in two-minute sequences during periods of the day when they were free to choose what to do. The data consists of 935 randomly recorded two-minute videos, which were coded second by second for several categories of risky play as well as where and with what materials the play occurred. Results revealed that risky play (all categories in total) was positively associated with fixed equipment for functional play, nature and other fixed structures, while analysis of play materials showed that risky play was positively associated with wheeled toys. The results can support practitioners in developing their outdoor areas to provide varied and exciting play opportunities. |
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spelling | pubmed-80373782021-04-12 Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen Sando, Ole Johan Kleppe, Rasmus Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Children spend a large amount of time each day in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions, and the ECEC play environments are important for children’s play opportunities. This includes children’s opportunities to engage in risky play. This study examined the relationship between the outdoor play environment and the occurrence of children’s risky play in ECEC institutions. Children (n = 80) were observed in two-minute sequences during periods of the day when they were free to choose what to do. The data consists of 935 randomly recorded two-minute videos, which were coded second by second for several categories of risky play as well as where and with what materials the play occurred. Results revealed that risky play (all categories in total) was positively associated with fixed equipment for functional play, nature and other fixed structures, while analysis of play materials showed that risky play was positively associated with wheeled toys. The results can support practitioners in developing their outdoor areas to provide varied and exciting play opportunities. MDPI 2021-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8037378/ /pubmed/33805046 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073354 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ). |
spellingShingle | Article Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen Sando, Ole Johan Kleppe, Rasmus Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials |
title | Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials |
title_full | Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials |
title_fullStr | Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials |
title_full_unstemmed | Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials |
title_short | Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials |
title_sort | associations between children’s risky play and ecec outdoor play spaces and materials |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8037378/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33805046 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073354 |
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