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Supportive Indoor Environments for Functional Play in ECEC Institutions: A Strategy for Promoting Well-Being and Physical Activity?
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Early Child Development and Care, vol. 191, no. 6
Date: 2021
Pages: 1-12
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Abstract/Notes: The physical environment in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions provide children with possibilities for play. This study describes a physical environmental intervention aiming to increase the possibilities for functional play in the indoor environment, and its influence on children’s well-being and physical activity. The intervention involved the establishment of a tumbling space with soft surfaces, mats and big construction materials. The sample consists of video observations of 65 children’s free play in seven ECEC institutions at two data points. Multilevel regression analysis indicates that children’s physical activity and functional play is strongly related to the use of a tumbling space, and that the intervention group had a higher increase in functional play following the intervention compared to the control group. The impact of the tumbling space on well-being is limited. The results indicate that targeting children’s possibilities for functional play may be beneficial form a health promotion standpoint.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2019.1651305
ISSN: 0300-4430, 1476-8275
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A Tale of Two Systems: A Play About How Your Body Works
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 11, no. 3
Date: Summer 1984
Pages: 19, 21
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
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Play in the Nursery School
Available from: Internet Archive
Publication: New Era in Home and School, vol. 18, no. 7+8
Date: Jul-Aug 1937
Pages: 188-192
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Language: English
ISSN: 0028-5048
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Book Reviews: Thinking is Child's Play [by] Evelyn Sharp; Schools Without Failure [by] Dr. William Glasser
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1965-1973), vol. 6, no. 1
Date: Summer 1970
Pages: 38-40
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
Article
Playhouse
Publication: Montessori Education, vol. 7, no. 3
Date: Dec 1995
Pages: 16–17
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Abstract/Notes: Learning about different types of houses through movement activities
Language: English
ISSN: 1354-1498
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All Teaching and No Play
Publication: Montessori Education, vol. 8, no. 5
Date: 1998
Pages: 2–3
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Abstract/Notes: Government plan to increase after-school care
Language: English
ISSN: 1354-1498
Article
Playing with Numbers
Publication: Montessori Education, vol. 9, no. 1
Date: 1998
Pages: 34–35
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Language: English
ISSN: 1354-1498
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Parents and Play
Publication: Montessori Today (London), vol. 1, no. 3
Date: May/Jun 1988
Pages: 5-6
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Language: English
ISSN: 0952-8652
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Sandplay
Publication: Montessori Today (London), vol. 1, no. 5
Date: Sep/Oct 1988
Pages: 18-19
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Language: English
ISSN: 0952-8652
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Early Day Games: Child's Play - Adult's Work
Publication: Rawhide Press, vol. 12, no. 11
Date: Oct 1981
Pages: 14
Americas, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Montessori schools, North America, United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 0300-6328