Playing outdoors : spaces and places, risk and challenge /
Offers a rationale for why outdoor play is essential in young children's lives and learning. This book identifies principles underpinning the design of challenging outdoor play environments and examines how children use and transform space to create their own imaginary worlds.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Maidenhead ; New York :
Open University Press,
2007
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| Series: | Debating play series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Half title; Series editor; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Children's lives; 2 Why outdoor play?; 3 Outdoor play: the presence of the past; 4 Spaces and places for play; 5 Gardens or forests?; 6 Playing outdoors: risk and challenge; 7 What do we mean by free play outdoors?; 8 Roles, resources and relationships outdoors; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.
