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Pearce, Gemma; Bailey, Richard P. – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
Playgrounds and play times offer valuable contexts for children to explore and learn about themselves and their social lives. This study sought to gather evidence of children's perceptions of their playgrounds and play times, specifically whether the playgrounds were seen positively or negatively and the types of activities in which they engaged.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Play, Physical Activities, Early Childhood Education
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Pellegrini, Anthony D.; Blatchford, Peter; Kato, Kentaro; Baines, Ed – Social Development, 2004
In this study we described development of boys' and girls' games on the school playground at recess as they progressed across the first year of primary school in London (UK) and Minneapolis (USA) in order to document age-related trends in games during this period and to examine the predictive role of games in children's adjustment to school and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Social Adjustment, Developmental Tasks, Longitudinal Studies