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ERIC Number: EJ641748
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
The Natural Environment as a Playground for Children: The Impact of Outdoor Play Activities in Pre-Primary School Children.
Fjortoft, Ingunn
Early Childhood Education Journal, v29 n2 p111-17 Win 2001
Investigated how play in the natural environment of three Norwegian kindergartens might stimulate 5- to 7-year-olds' motor fitness, focusing on the affordances of the landscape for versatile play. Found that children using the forest as a playscape performed better in motor skills than children on a traditional playground. Play activities related to the affordances of the vegetation and topography. (KB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Motor Development, Outdoor Activities, Outdoor Education, Physical Fitness, Play, Playgrounds, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Norway