ECED 407 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.4: Discovery Learning, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Absenteeism
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The naturalization of playgrounds help children reclaim the magic that is their birthright the ability to play and learn outdoors through exploration, discovery and the power of their imaginations in intimate contact with nature (white & stoecklin 1998). Rather than being built, they are planted they use the landscape and its vegetation and materials as both the play setting and the play materials. They are designed to stimulate children"s natural curiosity, imagination, wonder and discovery learning. Basic components of a naturalized play environments for young children include (white & Children learn by constructing their own knowledge about the world, not by memorizing facts (piaget 1962). outdoor education fosters connected knowing, where education is part of, rather than separate from life (gardner 1991). 2001): children who play regularly in natural environments show more advanced motor fitness, including coordination, balance and agility, and they are sick less often (fjortoft 2001,
