Outdoor play
Children’s outdoor play is being increasingly recognized as essential for their healthy development. This topic brings to light the benefits of outdoor play in early childhood on physical health, mental well-being, cognitive and social development. It also highlights the need to change the trends, so children can have daily access to outdoor play. This can be done by interventions to reduce parents and practitioners’ fears, more training for practitioners, policy changes and improved urban planning for better environments and natural play spaces.
Topic Editor:
Mariana Brussoni, PhD, The University of British Columbia, Canada
Last update: May 2019
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