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The importance of outdoor play for young children's healthy development.
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- Association Between Exposure to Smartphones and Tablets and Motor Development in Early Childhood: A Systematic Review.Child: care, health and development · 2025Pooled it
- Parental Correlates of Outdoor Play in Boys and Girls Aged 0 to 12-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Results from the PROmoting Early Childhood Outside cluster randomized trial evaluating an outdoor play intervention in early childhood education centres.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
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- A systematic review and meta-analyses of the relationships between active outdoor play and 24-hour movement behaviors.Journal of sport and health science · 2025Review
- The 5 R's of Indigenous Research as a Framework to Co-Design and Evaluate an Outdoor Play Program in Early Learning and Child Care Centers: Protocol for the Promoting Early Childhood Outside (PRO-ECO) 2.0 Wait-List Control Cluster Randomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
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- Augmented Reality Playgrounds to Promote Physical Activity in Young Children: Feasibility Study Using a Repeated Measures Laboratory Design.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Age Differences in the Relationship Between Outdoor Physical Activity and School Emotional Well-Being in Pre-Adolescents: A Stratified Correlation Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Outdoor physical activity, mental health, life satisfaction, happiness and life stress among Canadian adolescents.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Article
- Parental Attitudes to Risky Play and Children's Independent Mobility: Public Health Implications for Children in Ireland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Movement Variability and Perceived Motor Competence in Children with High or Low Risk Willingness in a Virtual Playground.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Outdoor thermal comfort benchmarks and optimization design for children in open parks of hot summer and cold winter region.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Children's Risky Play and Resilience: Perspectives of Emergency Care Practitioners.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- The Role of Timing and Amount of Outdoor Play in Emotional Dysregulation in Preschool Children.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- Effective strategies for teachers to guide children's art activities: based on a survey of children's art activities and teacher guidance, and an analysis of their correlation.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Active futures: combating youth sedentary lifestyles in Pakistan through smart use of fragmented time.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Relationship between movement behaviours and life satisfaction in Chinese children: A cross-lagged panel analysis.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
Changes in current societies are affecting childhood experiences. Time for outdoor play is diminishing, contributing to more sedentary lifestyles, disconnected from the natural world. Recognizing the importance of outdoor play for young children's healthy growth, a project focused on the exploration of the outdoor environment was developed with a group of young children in an early childhood education setting in Portugal. The project aimed to transform educational practices, moving from frequent indoor activities to a regular use of the outdoor environment. In this paper, we present the main dimensions related to outdoor play that emerged during the project (contact with natural elements, importance of risk, socialization opportunities) and highlight the role of professionals and families in creating quality outdoor play opportunities.
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