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Implementing Self-Selected Outdoor Play For Preschoolers, Shannon Jensen
Implementing Self-Selected Outdoor Play For Preschoolers, Shannon Jensen
Master's Theses & Capstone Projects
As preschool-aged children spend more time using electronic devices and studying academic content, they are spending increasingly less time playing outdoors. Preschoolers spend a large portion of their days participating in sedentary activities. Outdoor play facilitates children' s development and learning in many areas including health, social and emotional skills, and motor skills. Outdoor play has also been shown to assist children with academic learning. Early childhood professionals spend significant amounts of time with young children and are largely responsible for providing outdoor play experiences for the children within their care. This school improvement plan documents the need for an …
Outdoor Classroom/Natural Playground Space School Improvement Project, Holly Carlson
Outdoor Classroom/Natural Playground Space School Improvement Project, Holly Carlson
Master's Theses & Capstone Projects
Allowing students to have increased outside playtime in nature positively impacts the students physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development. This school improvement project establishes a plan for creating an additional outside play space and outdoor classroom to increase play time while learning in nature.