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Direct linkAlaitz Martín-García; Markel Rico-González – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
The present article aims to systematically summarize the effects of free-play (FP) on preschool-aged children's physical activity (PA) level, and motor (MC), cognitive (CC), and socioemotional competence evaluated through randomized controlled trial (RCT) design. A systematic review of relevant articles was carried out using two electronic…
Descriptors: Play, Young Children, Physical Activity Level, Psychomotor Skills
Howe, Nina; Perlman, Michal; Bergeron, Catherine; Burns, Samantha – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: The Scottish government is in the process of transforming their early childhood learning and care landscape by doubling the number of free hours of childcare for families and by requiring that all children in care spend a significant portion of each day outdoors. Thus, the government is promoting outdoor play programs. We…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Play, Physical Environment, Educational Policy
Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Cordovil, Rita; Hagen, Trond Løge; Lopes, Frederico – Child Care in Practice, 2020
Risk aversive perceptions and practices among ECEC practitioners and parents have proven to be an important reason for the decline of young children's opportunities for free outdoor play. Yet, there are also cultural differences in the perception of children's risky play. This study aims at examining the factors that ECEC practitioners and parents…
Descriptors: Barriers, Play, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Di Santo, Aurelia; Scott, Katie-Jay – Childhood Education, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the vulnerable refugee populations of the world need more support than ever before. As refugees (both children and adults) struggle to make sense of this pandemic with very few to no resources, iACT, an international nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian action to aid, empower, and extend hope to those…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Refugees, At Risk Persons, Child Health
Martin, Hannah; Farrell, Antomia; Gray, James; Clark, Teresa B. – Physical Educator, 2018
Time spent in the outdoors has been proven to benefit individuals of all ages mentally and physically. For example, exposure to nature reduces stress levels, induces relaxation, and provides Vitamin D. Prior research has linked free play outdoors to helping elementary children focus better in the classroom, reducing symptoms of attention deficit…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Student Attitudes, Recess Breaks
Prado, Elizabeth L.; Abbeddou, Souheila; Adu-Afarwuah, Seth; Arimond, Mary; Ashorn, Per; Ashorn, Ulla; Bendabenda, Jaden; Brown, Kenneth H.; Hess, Sonja Y.; Kortekangas, Emma; Lartey, Anna; Maleta, Kenneth; Oaks, Brietta M.; Ocansey, Eugenia; Okronipa, Harriet; Ouédraogo, Jean Bosco; Pulakka, Anna; Somé, Jérôme W.; Stewart, Christine P.; Stewart, Robert C.; Vosti, Stephen A.; Yakes Jimenez, Elizabeth; Dewey, Kathryn G. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Previous reviews have identified 44 risk factors for poor early child development (ECD) in low- and middle-income countries. Further understanding of their relative influence and pathways is needed to inform the design of interventions targeting ECD. Methods: We conducted path analyses of factors associated with 18-month language and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Motor Development, Young Children
Albon, Deborah – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2015
This article examines the socio-cultural significance of birthday cakes with the purpose of reflecting upon birthday cake practices enacted in four early childhood settings in England. I argue that birthday cakes occupy an ambiguous place in early childhood practice: seen to be both "risky"--a term I problematise--"and"…
Descriptors: Food, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Holidays
Ahern, Rose; Beach, Rebecca; Leibke, Stephanie Moats; Proud, Ian; Spencer, Anne-Marie; Strickland, Eric – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2011
Sagacious wisdom finds much support from more than 80 years of research: play is crucial to the development of creativity, problem solving, critical thinking, anticipatory planning, and even complex brain structures. The benefits of play go well beyond physical fitness. Recent research demonstrates the positive effects interactive play and…
Descriptors: Play, Physical Fitness, Young Children, Child Health
Fearn, Maggie; Howard, Justine – Children & Society, 2012
In this paper, we suggest that the ability and opportunity to play affords children a natural resource to meet intellectual and emotional challenge. Analysis of case studies focusing on interventions with children caught in the bombing of Beirut, children abandoned to the state system in Romania, and the street children in Rio de Janeiro and Cali…
Descriptors: Young Children, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Play
Edwards, S.; Skouteris, H.; Rutherford, L.; Cutter-Mackenzie, A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
In today's fast food, fast-paced consumer society, too few questions are asked about the influence of digital media on young children's health and sustainability choices, and indeed how such choices are expressed in children's play (and early childhood classrooms). By interviewing children and parents, and using such data to prompt teacher…
Descriptors: Play, Child Health, Childhood Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
Download full textHarrison, Cathie; van Vliet, Helen – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2013
The complexities associated with living and learning in a rapidly changing world impact on children's play, learning, wellbeing and resilience. Evidence suggests that parent education and parent-teacher partnerships in the early years can support positive outcomes for young children and their families. This paper provides an overview of a pilot…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Well Being, Resilience (Psychology), Learning
McElwain, Nancy L.; Booth-Laforce, Cathryn; Wu, Xiaoying – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Utilizing data from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, we investigated mothers' talk about mental states during play with their 24-month-old children as a mechanism though which infant-mother attachment was associated with children's later…
Descriptors: Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Child Health, Infants
Pica, Rae – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2009
In this article, the author talks about childhood obesity and explores ways to fight this condition. The author shares some activities to get children moving to positively impact childhood obesity. These include: "Stand Up/Sit Down;" "Quick Clean-Up;" and "Get Ready Spaghetti."
Descriptors: Obesity, Young Children, Physical Activity Level, Life Style
Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert; Schachter, Ariela – Family Relations, 2011
Investigating children's outdoor play unites scholarship on neighborhoods, parental perceptions of safety, and children's health. Utilizing the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study (N = 3,448), we examine mothers' fear of their 5-year-old children playing outdoors, testing associations with neighborhood social characteristics, city-level…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Play, Poverty, Crime
Hirschland, Deborah – Zero to Three (J), 2009
Research suggests what many parents and early care and education staff already know: Significant numbers of young children are struggling with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges that negatively impact their functioning as family members, friends, and learners. This article explores how caregivers can foster developmental mastery and…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Well Being, Caregivers
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