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King, Pete – American Journal of Play, 2022
The author seeks to expand the notion of the "play cycle," first introduced in 1998, to include the "functional cycle," with its "perceptual cue," touted by Jakob von Uexküll. He also discusses Simon Nicholson's theory of "loose parts" and James J. Gibson's notion of "affordances." He outlines the…
Descriptors: Play, Cues, Affordances, Preschool Education
Obee, Patricia; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Harper, Nevin J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Risky play is defined as thrilling and challenging forms of play that have the potential for physical injury and has been linked to development and health benefits for children in the early years. These benefits include risk-assessment skills, increased physical activity and well-being, and promoting social competencies and resilience. Currently,…
Descriptors: Play, Risk, Child Behavior, Environmental Influences
Sanderud, Jostein Rønning; Gurholt, Kirsti Pedersen; Moe, Vegard Fusche – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
For many children living in Northern and mountainous regions of the world, playing in snow is enticing and connotes childhood for many adults. Even so, researchers have paid little attention to children's play in/with snow and ice. This paper aims to contribute to the growing knowledge on children's competencies and child-nature relationships by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Weather, Natural Resources
Scofield, Jason; Hernandez-Reif, Maria; Keith, Anna Beth – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2009
Two studies used a new paradigm to examine preschool children's (i.e., 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds) word learning across multiple sense modalities. In Study 1 (n = 60), children heard a word for an object that they touched but did not see, while word learning was examined using objects that were seen but not touched. In Study 2 (n = 60), children…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Language, Learning Modalities, Vocabulary Development
Storli, Rune; Hagen, Trond Loge – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
The purpose of this article is to quantitatively and qualitatively explore children's physically active play outdoors in a traditional playground and natural (nature) environment and discuss how these environments influence children's physical activity. Fjortoft has previously explored the relationship between environmental affordances and…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Preschool Children, Play, Physical Activities
Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2009
The purpose of this article is to qualitatively explore the affordances for risky play in two different preschool outdoor environments, an ordinary preschool playground and a nature playground, based on Gibson ("The ecological approach to visual perception," 1979) theory of affordances and Heft's and Kyttea's (Heft in "Children's…
Descriptors: Play, Playgrounds, Visual Perception, At Risk Students
File, Nancy, Ed.; Mueller, Jennifer J., Ed.; Wisneski, Debora Basler, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This book provides a critical examination of the sources, aims, and features of early childhood curricula. Providing a theoretical and philosophical foundation for examining teaching and learning, this book will provoke discussion and analysis among all readers. How has theory been used to understand, develop, and critique curriculum? Whose…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Critical Theory, Play, Curriculum Research