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Outdoor Play Environments
Oneness with Nature
Vanishing Habitats for Outdoor Play
Traffic severely limits outdoor play
More people, less play space
School and work schedule
Outdoor Play Offers Unique
Opportunities Children knowledge
of the outdoors Children are
multisensory, active physical beings
Humans evolved outdoors
Freedom in the outdoors
The democracy of the outdoors
Outdoors connects to the community
Considerations in Designing Play Areas
Taking an inventory Clarifying goals for children Analyzing play space More play leading to more activities Zoning the playground
Five “Zones” of Activities (Guddemi and Eriksen)
Nature Adventure Active Play
Quiet Play & Quiet Learning happen everywhere
Active
Nature
Adventure
Zones Dispersed Within Outdoor Environments
Consider Providing Loose Parts
More Considerations in Design
Local climate and weather
Ensuring Staff Involvement
Creativity Planning on Asphalt
Ensuring Staff Involvement
Ensuring Children in Planning
Further Considerations
Making an overall action planProvide play leadersMaintaining the outdoor environment
Bring the Great Outdoors to Your School
“The great delight and learning that await children in the outdoors are too precious to relinquish. Yet, for many children, school is the only place where such play is still possible” Mary Rivkin