Childrenʼs play and physical activity in traditional and forest (natural) playgrounds

Torkar, Gregor (avtor), Rejc, Aljoša (avtor)

Early childhood is a crucial period for the physical and cognitive development of children. A child's exposure to nature is proven to be beneficial in this period of human life. The aim of the present research was to investigate children’s play and physical activity on a traditional playground and on a forest (natural) playground. Twenty-five observations took place on the traditional playground, and twenty-five observations were recorded on the forest playground. Twenty-five participating preschool children were observed in both playgrounds, but not necessarily in the same order. Research findings confirmed important qualities of natural playgrounds that provide children with a wide range of playing and learning opportunities not available on other playgrounds. Children were playing more with different natural materials in the forest playground and they more frequently played different chasing games and hide and seek in the forest playground. Participating children were also more physically active on the forest playground, and boys were more active on the forest playground than girls. The research concludes that it is important for preschool teachers to use natural playgrounds frequently and with regularity. Research design in this article is also an example of how GPS trackers can be beneficial for educational research.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: early childhood, playground, forest, play, physical activity, children
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: PEF - Pedagoška fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2017
• Št. strani: Str. 25-30
• Številčenje: Vol. 3, iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-94389
• UDK: 373.2
• ISSN pri članku: 2469-9632
• DOI: 10.12973/ijem.3.1.25
• COBISS.SI-ID: 11661641

Avtorske pravice

Podatek o licenci CC BY 4.0 je naveden na spletni strani revije (https://www.ijem.com/journal-information) (Datum opombe: 2. 9. 2025)

• Datum objave v RUL: 23.08.2017

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: International journal of educational methodology
• Založnik: RHAPSODE
• ISSN: 2469-9632
• COBISS.SI-ID: 11549769

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: gozd, telesna aktivnost, vzgoja v ranem otroštvu